𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬, 𝟒𝟒, Patterson, LA, was arrested on April 18, 2025, at 8:44 am on a warrant for cruelty to animals-aggravated.
On March 6, 2025, a deputy was dispatched to the area of Zenor Road near the ponds to locate a dog that was possibly shot. Upon arrival, the deputy spoke to a man who had found the dog. The deputy saw that the dog had multiple wounds consistent with gunshot wounds. The dog was tied to a tree, and when untied, she had trouble walking as the front legs were severely injured or broken, and she was severely malnourished.
The incident was turned over to SMPSO Investigations Division, and a detective opened an investigation. Anonymous tips led the detective to Harris. Through the investigation, evidence was obtained that the dog was in Harris’s possession, care, and control0. The detective obtained information that established Harris as the person who shot the dog. A warrant was obtained for Harris on the charge of cruelty to animals-aggravated.
On April 18, 2025, SMPSO Patrol Deputies made contact with Harris and transported him to the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center for booking. Bail was set at $20,000.
“𝑨𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅, “ 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐥.
“𝑰𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒆𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔.”