CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Florida man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of beheading his cat, investigators said.
Clearwater police said Joshua Daniel Pena-Cedillo, 22, decapitated his cat, then affixed the head to a post in his backyard.
This morning, our officers charged Joshua Daniel Pena-Cedillo with animal cruelty after he killed his cat, cut off its head and taped it to a stick in the back yard. The cat's name was Cinnamon. pic.twitter.com/QaZ6MY3n04
— Clearwater Police Department (@myclearwaterPD) April 23, 2020
The cat’s name was Cinnamon.
Pena-Cedillo was arrested and charged with animal cruelty. He is in jail on $5,000 bond.
Pena-Cedillo told officers "(he wanted to) show what he was capable of to someone he was living with," the Tampa Bay Times reported.
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