A mental health evaluation has been ordered for a Batavia man who was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals after firefighters who went to his apartment for a report of fire found a dead cat in his oven.
Bail for Darren Annovi’s was set at $5,000 at a court hearing Wednesday morning. He has no criminal history.
Firefighters found his apartment filled with smoke and traced it to the oven. They called police, who interviewed the 42-year-old man and then arrested him.