Jury selection begins Tuesday in a trial of a Richardson man accused of assaulting his girlfriend and killing her kitten.
Edwon Kumont Julian was charged with assault and felony animal cruelty after an July 31, 2012 incident in the apartment of Rosa Dismuke, his girlfriend at the time.
Dismuke told Richardson police officers that Julian assaulted her after an argument, then tried to use a stun gun on Dismuke and her two children.
Following that altercation, Dismuke said Julian threw her pet kitten off the apartment's second-story landing by its tail.
In an arrest warrant, Richardson police say the kitten appeared to have a broken back following the incident. Richardson Animal Services was called out to the scene, but the kitten died after they arrived.
Julian remains in the Dallas County jail on a $41,000 bond. If convicted, he could receive two to 20 years in prison due to past criminal history.
Testimony in the trial is scheduled to begin on May 29.
