HIALEAH GARDENS, Fla. — A 39-year-old man with a history of felony convictions in Polk County is now facing charges in South Florida after authorities said he snatched a Hialeah Gardens woman’s cat and announced he had ill intentions for the innocent feline.
State corrections records show the suspect, Tyrese Leon Pratt, has been convicted of at least three felonies. In July, federal prosecutors indicted a man with the same name and age in connection with an armed drug trafficking ring in Polk County.
In an arrest report, Hialeah Gardens Police Department Officer Angel Ponce de Leon wrote that he was patrolling the Family Dollar parking lot at 11201 NW 87th Court at around 3:15 p.m. Monday and saw a man later identified as Pratt “walking with what appeared to be a cat tucked inside his shirt.”…