California: Visalia man, Rock Rowland, 31, gets 4 years in prison after killing cat in dryer

CALIFORNIA -- A Visalia man was sentenced to four years in state prison on Thursday by a Tulare County Superior Court judge after putting a cat inside a dryer and turning the machine on.

Rock Rowland, 31, was convicted in May of one count of animal cruelty with a special allegation that he used a deadly weapon.

After an argument with his mother on Dec. 21, 2015, Rowland placed his mother’s cat inside a dryer and turned the machine on, killing the cat.

(Fresno Bee - June 23, 2016)

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• California: Rock Rowland, 31, convicted of animal cruelty after putting his mother's cat in the dryer and killing it