California: Eric Patterson is accused of grabbing a woman's pet taxi containing her two cats and throwing them into the San Francisco Bay to drown

CALIFORNIA -- A man suspected of throwing two cats into San Francisco Bay last week was arrested Friday afternoon, a San Francisco Animal Care and Control spokeswoman said.

Eric Leroy Patterson was arrested around 3:30 p.m. at the Embarcadero Four building in San Francisco in connection with an incident from Nov. 25 near Pier 25 on the Embarcadero, ACC spokeswoman Deb Campbell said.

On Nov. 25, Patterson allegedly grabbed the belongings of a homeless woman walking along Pier 25 and threw them into the Bay. 

Two cats were in a carrier that was among the woman’s belongings thrown into the frigid water. Both animals died as a result of the incident.

Campbell said Patterson allegedly resisted arrested when San Francisco police found him this afternoon after tips came in about the suspect in the incident.

The ACC had released photos and videos of the suspect earlier this week.

He was being booked at the San Francisco County Jail, she said.

(NBC Bay Area - Dec 7, 2013)