Tyriik Haynes, of Middletown, took one of two cats he bought on the Internet outside in a crate around 8:30 p.m. and used aerosol and matches to torch it, said Chief Victor Amato, of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The accelerant melted the plastic carrier and the cat ran out into the woods, while on fire.
Police were called, who contacted the SPCA, and officers searched the woods Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but could not find the animal, Amato said. The SPCA confiscated the unharmed cat.
“He was going to do the same thing to that one,” Amato said.
Haynes was charged with inflicting unnecessary cruelty on a living creature.
(nj.com - Dec 28, 2012)
