North Ridgeville humane officer Barry Accorti has a penchant for blasting helpless animals in front of people. Last June, the former detective and SWAT team commander made headlines after a homeowner discovered a feral cat and her five kittens, leading to Accorti pulling out his gun and shooting them all, sending them “to kitty heaven” because the animal shelter was full.
A year later, Accorti is back in the news for allegedly blasting a trapped baby raccoon in front of three little kids. A story by the Chronicle-Telegram has the details:
“This isn’t the Wild West, you don’t just pull out guns and shoot them, especially not in front of kids,” Tim Sherrill said about an hour after one of the city’s animal control officers shot and killed a young raccoon on his neighbor’s property.
Sherrill, who was at work, said two other boys, also believed to be 10 years old, reportedly witnessed the shooting along with his son, Jordan.
The children were playing on the neighbor’s property with that man’s grandson, when the shooting occurred Monday, according to Sherrill.
“I own a gun myself,” Sherrill said. “I can understand this up to a point … that they have to put animals down, but you don’t do it in front of kids. I’m an adult, and I don’t want to see it.”
Sources told Scene that after Accorti spotted the kids, he told them Santa wasn’t real, their parents didn’t love them, and they’ll more than likely die alone and sad.
This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2014.
Its time to get rid of this guy, he should have been gone along time ago.
He must really have the goods on some of the politicians in that city since he still has his job!
please post the home address of this mother fucker. enough is enough!
He is a but case. Fire his sorry ass
How does a SWAT team commander and detective end up in the job of animal control officer? It sounds as if Mr. Accorti may have some mental health issues (of a fairly serious nature). If so, I am sad to hear it and hope he gets quality care.
But it seems obvious, this man should not be employed in a job that requires him to carry a gun. (Possibly, he should not own or have access to guns in his personal life, either.)
North Ridgeville needs to suspend this man until he can be reassigned. I’m not as angry as some other posters here, as I make room for the possibility that he thought he was protecting the kids, saw what he thought were signs of rabies, or had some other semi-rational reason for what he did.
Even so, it is almost impossible to believe he could not have removed the kids from the scene first.
“Sources told Scene that after Accorti spotted the kids, he told them Santa wasn’t real, their parents didn’t love them, and they’ll more than likely die alone and sad.” Doug Brown, I sense you’re trying to be funny here. You have failed miserably.
As a former officer, we are taught and it is usually department policy, to clear an area before discharging your weapon in situations such as this.
It’s a**holes like this that give law enforcement officers a bad name.
He should be fired. Clearly he believes he is above the law.
The Looney Bin is full…Maybe he should be shot.
Good grief, “maybe he should be shot”? Really?
Overreact much?
he shouldn’t be shot. but he shouldn’t be working as anything but a street sweeper
Well, he shouldn’t have a job that requires him to carry a gun, clearly.
“Sources told Scene that after Accorti spotted the kids, he told them Santa wasn’t real, their parents didn’t love them, and they’ll more than likely die alone and sad.”
I’m sorry, but this is easily in my top 10 of favorite things ever read on Scene. this is absolutely fantastic and I laughed my ass off. Well played, Scene, well played.
Going along the same lines, you could add “Afterwards, he ran away, kicking a bunny like a football and punching a baby so he could steal the candy the baby was holding. He then strongly professed his love for zebra mussels, asian carp, and all the algae in Lake Erie.”
North Ridgeville Officials gave him permission to abuse and murder helpless, voiceless animals in front of children! I will not be surprise if they continue allowing him to do it again and again?
North Ridgeville Officials need to have a rude awaking they are the ones who need to be investigated, fired and replaced with people who have a heart!
How has this sad excuse for a Human been able to keep his Job ?
we had a code enforcement officer Kevin Murphy in Adelanto, CA who DROWNED 55 (fifty-five) kittens and then bragged about it. He wasn’t even arrested! He did lose his job, thank God. But here in Hespermia, CA 92345 the KKKode Enforcement neo-Nazi fascists TAKE your cat(s) cuz “you have too many” and they KILL them (“euthanize”) them. We lost all 7 of our cats even though we had 7 cat boxes. Adults only in the home. Boxes cleaned 4 – 5 times a day. We were told that the “house reeked of feces and urine”. Wifey and I are both college grads and we don’t operate that way. Never. Anyway we had to replace all the carpet and padding.And we lost our best friends.
Just Monday May 11th a North Ridgeville “humane” office was called to a residence off of Case Road to MOVE a baby raccoon out of a bush and the man arrived and shot it without hesitation. He picked it up and it was still alive!!! Suffering and squirming in pain he proceeded to throw it in the back of his truck like trash. When the two witnesses told him it was still alive he didn’t say a word, got in his truck and left. This is not the first time this man has done this. There are many cases with this officer. HE NEEDS TO BE CHARGED AND FIRED.
This person is demented or demon possessed. WHO can just stand there and blow away kittens !!?? Who can just stand there and have the little children watch while he kills a racoon?? The city of Hespermia has a similar policy: On Jan 2, 2014 the “city” of Hespermia, CA 92345 city employees who call themselves KKKode Enforcement people–they entered MY house without being invited. They had no warrant. It seems that the old bag Mrs. Stone told these KKKode enforcement neo-Nazi fascist thugs that OUR cats (“We have at least 100”) our cats were crapping in HER flower bed–then her dog ate the poop and got sick. #1: We had 7 cats; all fixed, all declawed, all had a collar and all ALL stayed indoors. They were fed, watered, loved and we had 7 containers of new clumping style cat sand, 7 cat boxes and 7 containers with air tight lids (kinda like a diaper pail). The KKKode enforcement people took my wife’s 7 cats because “YOU HAVE TOO MANY ANIMALS.” and they also took my two dogs: ChaCha the Chowchow and Cookie the Golden Retriever. The dogs stayed in the yard. There were 3 five gallon water buckets, 2 food dishes and 2 dog houses. My wife got a ‘ticket’ for “cruelty to an animal–no water in the vicinity.” It was a lie. These heartless B*ST*RDS took our pets whom we loved……..and they killed them ! (“EUTHANASIA”) . What the f-word is going on when ONE old broad can get the KKKode enforcement dept down here to take away OUR animals.? And best of all these liars said “The entire house reeked of feces and urine.” We had to pull up ALL of our carpet and padding, spray the concrete slab with bleach and seal the slab with Thompson’s water seal. ONLY then could we come back and live in our own house. (We were kicked out cuz our house :”was not livable” the way it was.!!!! And here’s the finale: We got a bill for their work $3,500 bucks plus they already put a lien on my house.!! I thought you couldn’t do these things without going before a judge and having a day in court:? ? 4th amendment? GOOGLE it and read it. Where can I get $3,500 in excess of our regular bills?????? So until next adventure; Goodbye KKKode enforcemeent neoNazi fascists, Goodbye to the heartless b*st*rds that killed 7 cats and 2 dogs who were harming no one. I rebuke you in the name of Jesus Christ.
This is one SICK, sadistic bastard. The fact that he hasn’t already been run out of the force tells you something about Police Culture in this country!
I will buy beer and celebrate if someone shoots the cop and gives that sick cruel mother a good beating to remember.
That heartless bastard!! Let’s shoot him and put him down that way!! Those kittens could of had homes!! And in front of children!? Really!? That officer is not right in the head. He’s going to hell for sure!! Jail time!!
I noticed the article said Barry the cat killer is a former swat member. Former means he was a liability. It means he was found to be unstable and the other cops didn’t want him around so he was demoted to animal control where he proved them to be correct in their assessment. He will probably be working in code enforcement somewhere in the future.