Man fined for beating cat with club

WOODSTOCK (AP) – A former Algonquin man accused of beating his roommate’s 7-month-old cat with a golf club has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty.

After his plea Thursday, a McHenry County judge sentenced 30-year-old Donald Conrad to a year of probation, fined him $500 and ordered him to pay $1,127 in restitution to the cat’s owner.

Conrad’s attorney says his client did not beat the cat, but merely threw it out of the house.

The cat, named Boogy, survived the October 25 attack, but suffered a broken jaw and lost an eye.

Boogy’s owner, Dana Borzick, says it cost her $1,700 in veterinarian bills to save her pet.

Borzick says the attack occurred while she and her fiancé were sharing a residence with Conrad.