Overview
- Police say officers were called to a home on Cecil Avenue in the Chickasaw neighborhood after a woman reported her husband had set her dogs on fire.
- The arrested suspect is 37‑year‑old Bobby Atkinson, who faces counts including torture of a dog or cat, second‑degree cruelty to animals, menacing, and third‑degree terroristic threatening.
- Officers and the arrest citation describe the dogs with burns, open wounds and accelerant on their fur, and both animals were taken to Louisville Metro Animal Services for treatment.
- The citation records that Atkinson allegedly threatened the woman with a handgun during an earlier argument, the victim obtained an emergency protective order, and she later returned to find the dogs injured.
- Atkinson is due to be arraigned Friday morning and the police investigation and criminal case are ongoing as prosecutors decide next steps and the animals continue to receive care.