Because the charge is a felony, Commissioner Goord said that Sergeant Hunlock will be suspended immediately and without pay when he reports for his next duty shift, scheduled for 7 a.m. tomorrow.
Cats are a common site in sprawling state prisons and so, therefore, are kittens.
Sergeant Hunlock ordered the inmate to carry the box outside of B Block to a trash compactor that measures 4x6x12-feet. The compactor is emptied each day. When the inmate refused to place the kittens in the compactor, Sergeant Hunlock allegedly did so himself. He is accused of then activating the compactor, killing the kittens. An investigation into the incident began the day it occurred involving this Department's Office of the Inspector General, the Division of State Police and the Westchester County District Attorney's office.