Overview
- Kristiina Kennedy, 45, turned herself in Wednesday, was charged with sexual assault of an animal and with creating or distributing animal pornography, and was released on a $10,000 bond with a May 13 court date.
- Police say the investigation began April 6 after a report that Kennedy sent three videos by text showing sexual contact with a 2-year-old pit bull mix named Swabee.
- Officers executed a search warrant April 7, seized electronic devices, and took the dog into animal control custody, and a veterinarian later found the dog uninjured.
- Desmond’s Army Animal Law Advocates said detectives reported finding files on the seized devices tied to creating pornographic images involving two cats named Avery and Rowen.
- Detectives later removed the cats for safety, and a Friday hearing in Meriden Superior Court will consider the city’s petition to keep them, while Kennedy says the footage was taken out of context.