- A Salt Lake City couple faces felony charges for allegedly killing a cat during a robbery.
- Zachory Dee Wardle and Nicole Kay Estep were charged with aggravated robbery.
- Wardle allegedly hit a cat with a metal pole during the robbery attempt.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake City couple arrested last week for allegedly killing a man’s cat during a robbery attempt now face first-degree felony charges.
Zachory Dee Wardle, 34, and Nicole Kay Estep, 37, were both charged on Monday in 3rd District Court with aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony; assault, a class B misdemeanor and attempted theft, a class C misdemeanor. Wardle was also charged with aggravated assault, a third-degree felony; aggravated cruelty to an animal, a class A misdemeanor; and making a threat of violence, a class B misdemeanor.
On July 7, Wardle and Estep confronted a former boyfriend of Estep’s “and told him that they wanted to search his bags for stolen property. Wardle then threw a rock at (the man) striking him in the leg,” according to charging documents…