Re: People v. David Scott Genovese, Santa Barbara Superior Court Case No. 25CR00765
Santa Barbara County District Attorney John T. Savrnoch announced today that David Genovese, a 36-year-old resident of Santa Barbara, California, pled guilty to five counts of animal cruelty and admitted a special allegation for personally using a deadly weapon.
The Honorable Judge Von Deroian then sentenced Mr. Genovese to the maximum sentence of 6 years, 8 months in State Prison.
This case originated on January 25, 2025, when Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Deputies located a feline in distress, with a paracord around its neck and its paws bound with duct tape, in the defendant’s vehicle. The cat, “Sultan,” was determined to have significant injuries including broken teeth, bones, and severe head trauma. Further, the cat had been adopted in good health by the defendant earlier that morning from a Los Angeles-based animal shelter.
Following a joint investigation by the Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney’s Office, it was discovered that at some point in 2024 the defendant began accumulating, torturing, and disposing of cats in the Santa Barbara area. Between August 4 and September 6 of 2024, the defendant adopted four cats from both the Santa Barbara and Santa Maria Animal Shelters; their conditions and whereabouts are unknown.
The defendant was also determined to have stolen two kittens from the same animal shelter in Los Angeles on January 15, 2025; also still missing.
While a warrant was obtained for the defendant’s arrest, on January 29, 2025, he stole 2.5-year-old orange tabby cat named “Lancelot” from a family home in Ventura. After the defendant’s arrest on January 30, 2025, Lancelot was found deceased in the trunk of the defendant’s vehicle, his paws bound with packaging tape, similar to Sultan.
Deputies returned to the area where they had initially contacted the defendant and located a deceased tabby cat in varying stages of decomposition, 55 feet from where the defendant was parked. The tabby cat’s paws were bound together with black duct tape, the same tape located in the defendant’s vehicle. The animals suffered extensive bruising, multiple broken legs, all four canine teeth broken, dislocation to their spines, and dislocation to their tails.
District Attorney John Savrnoch stated, “Thank you to our local Advanced Veterinary Services (AVS) for their efforts in treating animals in our County and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) for their dedication and assistance in this case.”
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Repeatedly torturing animals then killing them, is often a precusor to doing the same to people, most likely children or females since they are more easily overcome. Acquiring his vicitms as he has shows a high ability to present himself and deceive in service to his compulsion. Whether he was born with a damaged brain or somehow sustained injury is immaterial. His brain is damaged beyond repair, and he must be in custodial care for life.
Just look at Kristi, who has moved on to humans, with official approval!
What a psycho. This fool needs to get hit with some serious karma in prison. He’s earned it. Some aren’t worthy of any “rehabilitation” efforts.
Yup, just like Kristi Noem should.
Whatabout?
Nope, BASIC, that’s not a “whatabout,” Copernicus.
That’s called an agreement with your statement and including another animal abuser to the sentiment.
You have a couple of weeks before school starts, kid. Learn something to catch yourself up with the rest of the class. You’re severely behind.
Here, I’ll help you AGAIN learn English:
“whataboutism, the rhetorical practice of responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counteraccusation, by asking a different but related question, or by raising a different issue altogether.”
https://www.britannica.com/topic/whataboutism
I see no questions, no accusations or any such things.
Learn. To. Read.
Basic…for once we agree….100%
Unimaginable the extent to which those cats suffered. This mentally warped, completely sick in the head animal torturer should be imprisoned for life without chance of parole.
Woodchipper.