SANTA ANA (CNS) – A 45-year-old Santa Ana man accused of killing dozens of cats in Santa Ana and snatching an expensive Bengal Lynx cat from Westminster has been charged with animal cruelty and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.
Alejandro Oliveros Acosta was charged Monday with two counts of animal cruelty and a count of grand theft of a pet, all felonies, as well as a misdemeanor count of possession of methamphetamine, according to the criminal complaint. Acosta was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana.
Police have fielded multiple calls over the past several weeks about pet cats being snatched and harmed, Officer Natalie Garcia of the Santa Ana Police Department said when Acosta was arrested last month. Several residents pointed to Acosta as a suspect, she added…