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Times
22-05-2025
- Times
Alleged ‘serial cat killer' arrested in California
An alleged serial cat killer has been arrested in California over claims that he abducted and slaughtered more than a dozen cats. Alejandro Acosta Oliveros, 45, was taken into custody on Wednesday by police in the city of Santa Ana, 30 miles south of Los Angeles. He has been charged with felony animal cruelty. Oliveros was identified as a suspect after an investigation into more than a dozen reports of neighbourhood cats going missing. Police claim he abducted the animals or lured them to his home in the neighbourhood of Wilshire Square, where he allegedly tortured and killed them. Last month the abduction of a ten-month-old Bengal lynx cat, Clubber, was captured on surveillance video and posted to Facebook by its owner, Eva Corlew. The
CBS News
20-05-2025
- CBS News
Santa Ana alleged serial cat killer charged with animal cruelty
A Santa Ana man who allegedly lured, harmed and killed neighborhood cats has been charged with animal cruelty. Alejandro Oliveros Acosta was charged with two counts of animal cruelty and a count of grand theft of a pet, all felonies. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of possession of methamphetamine, according to the criminal complaint. Over March and April, word spread among neighbors in Westminster and Santa Ana about a man luring cats away from their homes. Home-surveillance footage of incidents was shared on social media. After receiving multiple reports of neighborhood cat abuse and deaths over several weeks, a police investigation led to Acosta as the suspect. Detectives issued a search warrant at the home of the 45-year-old and found evidence of dozens of dead cats, police said. Acosta is also suspected of abducting a Bengal Lynx cat from its Westminster home in March, police said. The 10-month-old cat named Clubber was returned to its owner after she posted online about it. Eva Corlew said her home security cameras captured a man grabbing Clubber and carrying it into a white truck. Corlew said after she shared her story in a neighborhood chatroom, she learned that similar incidents happened to people in Santa Ana. Acosta was arrested and booked at the Santa Ana jail in late April, but posted bail and was released. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday.
CBS News
27-03-2025
- CBS News
Cat stolen from heartbroken owner's Westminster driveway
An Orange County pet owner was left heartbroken after someone stole her 10-month-old cat from her Westminster driveway. "I feel a little scared that this person is out there stealing multiple cats, not just mine, and doing god knows what with them," Eva Corlew said. Corlew's Bengal Lynx named cluber disappeared last Friday night. When she checked her security cameras, she saw that a man grabbed the friendly cat by the harness and carried it into a white truck. "I started looking through my cameras to see when the last time he was in my driveway and this where I find the man," Corlew said. She found the AirTag she had placed on Clubber sitting on the sidewalk near Finchley Avenue, where she saw a Toyota pickup truck parked. "I'm here at the police station today filing a report just to make it known that I did something about it and I've seen others posting their reports as well," Corlew said. "Maybe someone will see and notice this guy." The deputy chief of the Westminster Police Department called the case unusual. "It's very unusual to us and definitely this was a criminal act," Deputy Chief Cameron Knauerhaze said. Corlew said she shared her story in a neighborhood chatroom and learned that similar incidents happened to people in Santa Ana.
