Man Throws Hot Water on Dog in East Pilsen [UPDATE]

Image Credit: Renee Rendler-Kaplan

December is shaping up to be "Treat Your Dog Like Shit" month. A man in East Pilsen was arrested yesterday after he became so angry with his dog for urinating on the kitchen floor he threw boiling water on the pooch.

Kyle Voissem was boiling water to make macaroni and cheese when he saw his dog micturating on the floor. Voissem's dog suffered severe burns to its head and torso. Animal Care and Control officials wouldn't say where the dog is now located.

It's the second incident of cruelty to dogs in the news in the past week. Lashon Parks was charged with cruelty to animals last week after she abandoned her terrier mix, which was later found being beaten by neighborhood kids with sticks.

[UPDATE}: CBS Chicago reports Voissem is a criminal justice major at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He's also a member of the men's gymnastics team.

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By Chuck Sudo in News on December 14, 2011 9:00 AM 0 Comments

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Sonya Hathcoat

I am the original owner for Byron the mountain cur mix....... The other dog posted above is this mans other pet...(whom I hope has been taken away).... I am devasted.... I rehomed my Byron to this man in June...... I just found out about this tonight... Will be trying to be a character witness for Byron in court........ Here is Byrons facebook page, please share...
https://www.facebook.com/pages...

Pinto and the Bean

What an asshole

D 630

https://plus.google.com/113117...
the POS's google plus account

D 630

https://plus.google.com/113117...

Guest

That looks like a different dog than posted above. I REALLY hope he doesn't have a new one ...

Navin_Johnson

First read the headline as "Hot dog water"

tomdarch

Does "criminal justice major" mean wanna-be cop? With any luck, this sort of thing would keep him off the CPD (you know, unless he's got connections), so I guess I feel sorry for the folks in whatever craphole small town or suburb that eventually hires him and gives him a badge and a gun.

erik75

"Hey look everybody!!! Its a Drew Peterson in the making. Let's watch as he makes pathetic excuses for why he's such a loser."

Kinda sounds like an episode of Wild Kingdom where the wolf has been replaced with this guy.

Guest

It's a kitchen floor for Christ's sake. Easy to clean up. Now if he had peed on the carpet... (just kidding, animal lovers)

fountainofruth

since we know he won't get jail time i hope he gets kicked out of school

http://www.facebook.com/people...
https://twitter.com/#!/kvoiss2

Dave Tokarz

here is the picture of the dog from this tough guy's twitter page. He does look like a sociopath http://a3.twimg.com/profile_im...

Sonya Hathcoat

This is not the dog, this is the other dog the man owned.... please go here... I am the original owner of Byron the mountain cur mix and am devastated to find this out.....
https://www.facebook.com/pages...

Guest

Poor little guy. I hope he finds the loving home he deserves.

Nicholas

I seriously believe that these people who treat animals like this (pets, no less!) are sociopaths. How can anyone with a shred of empathy do such a thing? Sociopaths are actually not rare in society.