Santa Ana, California – A 46-year-old man from Santa Ana is facing multiple felony charges after being accused of luring neighborhood cats with food and violently killing them over several months, according to authorities.
Authorities charged Alejandro Oliveros Acosta with two felony counts of animal cruelty, one felony count of theft of a companion animal, and one misdemeanor count of drug possession. Orange County Superior Court is set to arraign Acosta on Wednesday.
According to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Acosta is suspected of a string of brutal attacks on cats in Santa Ana and Westminster beginning in November 2024. Witnesses reported seeing a man using canned food to lure cats before allegedly beating or stomping them to death. One of the cats, a Bengal Lynx named Clubber, was stolen in Westminster in March but was later recovered after surveillance footage of the suspect was released…