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Police Arrest Suspect In Cat Killings
Cats Slain In Palmetto Bay, Cutler Bay, Kendall

POSTED: Saturday, June 13, 2009
UPDATED: 11:24 am EDT June 14, 2009



Weinman, 18, is the man they say is responsible for a string of cat killings in South Florida.
PALMETTO BAY, Fla. -- Police have arrested the man they say is responsible for a string of cat killings in South Florida.

Tyler Weinman, 18, lives in the area and is now in police custody, police said. He is charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty, four counts of burglary and 19 counts of improper disposing of an animal body.

"Our communities of Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay have been on edge for many weeks now because of the horrific and unspeakable slaughterings of many of their beloved feline pets. I sincerely hope that with his arrest, the residents will feel relieved and their cats will be safe once again. It is expected that the vicious crimes that have plagued these communities will not be repeated," said Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.

"I commend the police officers of the Miami-Dade Police Department and senior trial counsel Michael Von Zamft who worked tirelessly and exhaustively with our law enforcement partners in order to put an end to these acts of cruelty. My heart goes out to the pet owners who have suffered such a great loss," Fernandez Rundle said.

On Saturday, Miami-Dade police issued arrest warrants for suspects and said they were working to make arrests in the case.

Circuit Judge Darryl Trawick signed the arrest warrant for Weiman.

Miami-Dade police said that since April, 33 cases involving dead cats have been reported. Eighteen of the cases, which involved a total of 19 dead cats, have been confirmed as animal cruelty, police said. Those cases happened in Palmetto Bay, Cutler Bay and Kendall.

Palmetto Bay officials said police plan to serve warrants to multiple suspects, but they did not say how many.

Palmetto Bay resident Wayne Edwards transformed his backyard into a playground for his cats. He had 17 of the animals, but he is down to 16 after one was found slain and mutilated in a neighbor's front lawn.

"Why come here in this area and kill innocent cats? They are not doing anybody any harm," Edwards said.

More than 150 residents gathered at a town hall meeting Saturday morning to discuss the cat killings.

"This terrible time has drawn us together as a community, further emphasizing the importance of knowing our neighbors, communicating with each other and always staying vigilant to suspicious activities whenever or wherever they may occur in our village," Palmetto Bay Mayor Eugene P. Flinn Jr. said in the news release.

The reward for information leading to an arrest in the case was up to $12,000. The investigation continues.

Previous Stories:
•June 12, 2009: Neighbors Unite Against Cat Killings
•June 8, 2009: 2 More Cats Killed Over Weekend
•June 8, 2009: 2 More Cats Killed Over Weekend
•June 4, 2009: Mutilated Cats Found In Broward
•May 27, 2009: More Than 2 Dozen Cats Killed
•May 26, 2009: Cat Killer Strikes Again
•May 20, 2009: 5 More Cats Killed, Mutilated
•May 18, 2009: 9 Cats Killed, Mutilated

Voyager wrote:What kind of sentence do you think this guy should get?

Babyblue wrote:I will came back when i am not so pissed at that asshole of a kid.

Babyblue wrote:I will came back when i am not so pissed at that asshole of a kid. :twisted:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

Babyblue wrote:I will came back when i am not so pissed at that asshole of a kid. :twisted:

Exactly.

Little bastard!! Killing peoples' pets?! He deserves a whole lot of jail time.
I hope he goes to jail and becomes a target. Sick sick sick sick freak.

LLL wrote:

Jubilee wrote:Perry should take heed. Sure, it all starts out innocently enough with biting cats ears, then punching them, and then kicking them down the stairs. Next thing you know...

LMAO Jubilee! I was going to say something about the ear biting thing as well. Steve has found a new way to interact with his cats:






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_udqEp_YR4

Rick wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

Babyblue wrote:I will came back when i am not so pissed at that asshole of a kid. :twisted:

Exactly.

Little bastard!! Killing peoples' pets?! He deserves a whole lot of jail time.
I hope he goes to jail and becomes a target. Sick sick sick sick freak.

Can you imagine what they'd do to a kid like that in prison? His ass would look like the noisy end of a trombone.

JasonD wrote:Ok, I'll bite.

I keep stumbling upon tidbits here & there that all allude to Steve Perry biting, punching, abusing cats....et cetera. What is that all about? I'm not familiar with the story. Is it a joke or something for real? Is there a thread I missed that one of you could direct me to? Or do I even want to "go there"? My image of Perry is good so is this something that's gonna make me wanna burn all my CD's? Can anybody shed some light on the Perry-abusing cat rumors?

Rick wrote:

JasonD wrote:Ok, I'll bite.

I keep stumbling upon tidbits here & there that all allude to Steve Perry biting, punching, abusing cats....et cetera. What is that all about? I'm not familiar with the story. Is it a joke or something for real? Is there a thread I missed that one of you could direct me to? Or do I even want to "go there"? My image of Perry is good so is this something that's gonna make me wanna burn all my CD's? Can anybody shed some light on the Perry-abusing cat rumors?

It's all in fun. It started with a picture of Perry holding a cat, and the twisted minds of this place, God love them all, took it and ran with it.

Rick wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

Babyblue wrote:I will came back when i am not so pissed at that asshole of a kid. :twisted:

Exactly.

Little bastard!! Killing peoples' pets?! He deserves a whole lot of jail time.
I hope he goes to jail and becomes a target. Sick sick sick sick freak.

Can you imagine what they'd do to a kid like that in prison? His ass would look like the noisy end of a trombone.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

Rick wrote:

JasonD wrote:Ok, I'll bite.

I keep stumbling upon tidbits here & there that all allude to Steve Perry biting, punching, abusing cats....et cetera. What is that all about? I'm not familiar with the story. Is it a joke or something for real? Is there a thread I missed that one of you could direct me to? Or do I even want to "go there"? My image of Perry is good so is this something that's gonna make me wanna burn all my CD's? Can anybody shed some light on the Perry-abusing cat rumors?

It's all in fun. It started with a picture of Perry holding a cat, and the twisted minds of this place, God love them all, took it and ran with it.

Not totally... it started after all the bitching about how Perry totally "ruined" the band and is such an alleged bad guy, always made out to be the only one who did anything wrong... etc. It was something like how he's "so eveil he probably punches kittens, too..." something along that line.

Rick wrote:

JasonD wrote:Ok, I'll bite.

I keep stumbling upon tidbits here & there that all allude to Steve Perry biting, punching, abusing cats....et cetera. What is that all about? I'm not familiar with the story. Is it a joke or something for real? Is there a thread I missed that one of you could direct me to? Or do I even want to "go there"? My image of Perry is good so is this something that's gonna make me wanna burn all my CD's? Can anybody shed some light on the Perry-abusing cat rumors?

It's all in fun. It started with a picture of Perry holding a cat, and the twisted minds of this place, God love them all, took it and ran with it.

Maui Tom wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

Rick wrote:

JasonD wrote:Ok, I'll bite.

I keep stumbling upon tidbits here & there that all allude to Steve Perry biting, punching, abusing cats....et cetera. What is that all about? I'm not familiar with the story. Is it a joke or something for real? Is there a thread I missed that one of you could direct me to? Or do I even want to "go there"? My image of Perry is good so is this something that's gonna make me wanna burn all my CD's? Can anybody shed some light on the Perry-abusing cat rumors?

It's all in fun. It started with a picture of Perry holding a cat, and the twisted minds of this place, God love them all, took it and ran with it.

Not totally... it started after all the bitching about how Perry totally "ruined" the band and is such an alleged bad guy, always made out to be the only one who did anything wrong... etc. It was something like how he's "so eveil he probably punches kittens, too..." something along that line.

AV of the year BJG....

Rick wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

Babyblue wrote:I will came back when i am not so pissed at that asshole of a kid. :twisted:

Exactly.

Little bastard!! Killing peoples' pets?! He deserves a whole lot of jail time.
I hope he goes to jail and becomes a target. Sick sick sick sick freak.

Can you imagine what they'd do to a kid like that in prison? His ass would look like the noisy end of a trombone.

Voyager wrote:

Previous Stories:
•June 12, 2009: Neighbors Unite Against Cat Killings
•June 8, 2009: 2 More Cats Killed Over Weekend
•June 8, 2009: 2 More Cats Killed Over Weekend
•June 4, 2009: Mutilated Cats Found In Broward
•May 27, 2009: More Than 2 Dozen Cats Killed
•May 26, 2009: Cat Killer Strikes Again
•May 20, 2009: 5 More Cats Killed, Mutilated
•May 18, 2009: 9 Cats Killed, Mutilated

History is full of high-profile examples of this connection:

•Patrick Sherrill, who killed 14 coworkers at a post office and then shot himself, had a history of stealing local pets and allowing his own dog to attack and mutilate them.
•Earl Kenneth Shriner, who raped, stabbed, and mutilated a 7-year-old boy, had been widely known in his neighborhood as the man who put firecrackers in dog rectums and strung up cats.
•Brenda Spencer, who opened fire at a San Diego school, killing two children and injuring nine others, had repeatedly abused cats and dogs, often by setting their tails on fire.
•Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler" who killed 13 women, trapped dogs and cats in orange crates and shot arrows through the boxes in his youth.
•Carroll Edward Cole, executed for five of the 35 murders of which he was accused, said his first act of violence as a child was to strangle a puppy.
•In 1987, three Missouri high school students were charged with the beating death of a classmate. They had histories of repeated acts of animal mutilation starting several years earlier. One confessed that he had killed so many cats he'd lost count. Two brothers who murdered their parents had previously told classmates that they had decapitated a cat.
•Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer had impaled dog heads, frogs, and cats on sticks.

History is full of high-profile examples of this connection:

•Patrick Sherrill, who killed 14 coworkers at a post office and then shot himself, had a history of stealing local pets and allowing his own dog to attack and mutilate them.
•Earl Kenneth Shriner, who raped, stabbed, and mutilated a 7-year-old boy, had been widely known in his neighborhood as the man who put firecrackers in dog rectums and strung up cats.
•Brenda Spencer, who opened fire at a San Diego school, killing two children and injuring nine others, had repeatedly abused cats and dogs, often by setting their tails on fire.
•Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler" who killed 13 women, trapped dogs and cats in orange crates and shot arrows through the boxes in his youth.
•Carroll Edward Cole, executed for five of the 35 murders of which he was accused, said his first act of violence as a child was to strangle a puppy.
•In 1987, three Missouri high school students were charged with the beating death of a classmate. They had histories of repeated acts of animal mutilation starting several years earlier. One confessed that he had killed so many cats he'd lost count. Two brothers who murdered their parents had previously told classmates that they had decapitated a cat.
•Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer had impaled dog heads, frogs, and cats on sticks.

indigo wrote:The animals were pets. He might have killed some strays, but cruelty is cruelty.

Who has a pet ant?

StocktontoMalone wrote:While I In no way advocate what this kid did....let's explore the responses in this thread, shall we?

Anybody here ever smoosh an ant? Ever kill a spider? Well there is absolutely no difference in killing an ant, spider or other such creepy crawlies, and killing another animal.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

StocktontoMalone wrote:While I In no way advocate what this kid did....let's explore the responses in this thread, shall we?

Anybody here ever smoosh an ant? Ever kill a spider? Well there is absolutely no difference in killing an ant, spider or other such creepy crawlies, and killing another animal.

You can't be serious. Clearly you're not an animal person.
Bugs are not the same as kitties and doggies.
When was the last time your home was invaded by hundreds of biting stinging puppies?

StocktontoMalone wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

StocktontoMalone wrote:While I In no way advocate what this kid did....let's explore the responses in this thread, shall we?

Anybody here ever smoosh an ant? Ever kill a spider? Well there is absolutely no difference in killing an ant, spider or other such creepy crawlies, and killing another animal.

You can't be serious. Clearly you're not an animal person.
Bugs are not the same as kitties and doggies.
When was the last time your home was invaded by hundreds of biting stinging puppies?

That's irrelevant. An animal is an animal. Next people will be saying that the killing of 'lesser' humans is justified too. 'Hey, it's ok, he was a homeless person - no one will miss him. Thank god it wasn't a lawyer, or a bank manager....!'

StocktontoMalone wrote:While I In no way advocate what this kid did....let's explore the responses in this thread, shall we?

Anybody here ever smoosh an ant? Ever kill a spider? Well there is absolutely no difference in killing an ant, spider or other such creepy crawlies, and killing another animal. There is no animal caste system. Is there a hierarchy in these type scenarios that I am not aware of?

....just saying.

Voyager wrote:

Voyager wrote:

Previous Stories:
•June 12, 2009: Neighbors Unite Against Cat Killings
•June 8, 2009: 2 More Cats Killed Over Weekend
•June 8, 2009: 2 More Cats Killed Over Weekend
•June 4, 2009: Mutilated Cats Found In Broward
•May 27, 2009: More Than 2 Dozen Cats Killed
•May 26, 2009: Cat Killer Strikes Again
•May 20, 2009: 5 More Cats Killed, Mutilated
•May 18, 2009: 9 Cats Killed, Mutilated

Portrait of a psychopath for sure. When he gets out he will probably become a serial killer.