A man accused of the drowning death of a cat in Las Vegas is now facing felony charges.
The Clark County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that Joshua Booth is charged with one count of willfully or maliciously torture, maim or mutilate an animal kept for companionship or pleasure causing death. He has a preliminary hearing date set for June 23.
According to the DA’s office, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to a woman’s home, where she provided officers with surveillance video allegedly showing her cat, Rita, being thrown from Booth’s garage into the street “while soaking wet.”…