In a case that is likely to send shivers down the spine of any pet owner or animal lover, a 46-year-old man stands accused of stealing a Bengal Lynx cat and beating other pet cats to death. He is due to be prosecuted on Wednesday, facing up to four years and four months in jail, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
The district attorney’s office said in a press release on Tuesday that Alejandro Oliveros Acosta, from Southern California, was arrested on April 24 after allegedly “luring cats with cat food to kidnap the animals to stomp them and beat them to death.”
Officials also said Oliveros Acosta was also accused of having methamphetamine on him when he was booked into jail.
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There were seven reports of dead and injured cats to Santa Ana Animal Control between November 2024 and April 2025. According to prosecutors, this included “animals suffering from broken backs and bloody faces.”…