Florida Teen Nabbed For 19 Cat Murders

18-Year-Old Faces Charges For Killing, Mutilating Cats In Miami Area

(CBS)  A Florida teen was arrested and charged over the weekend in connection with the murder and mutilation of 19 cats in Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay.

Tyler Weinman, 18, faces 19 counts of animal cruelty, 19 counts of improper disposal of animal remains and four counts of burglary, reports CBS station WFOR-TV in Miami. Weinman is being held on $249,500 bail.

The attacks began more than a month ago and cat-owners had been urged recently to keep their pets confined indoors or use fencing to keep the cats in their yards. Residents were also asked to be vigilant for any suspicious activity in the neighborhood.

Weinman was taken into custody Saturday night while he attended a party. Police were still investigating whether he had any accomplices in the alleged attacks.

Watch CBS station WFOR's coverage below:

[alphie15]

This kid is the biggest sicko and this is just the beginning of what he is capable of. I do not blame his parents because sometimes people are just sick...however, I do not know his parents and do not know anything about their parenting.

But I do not understand why the cat owners are not being held responsible for allowing these cats to roam? I have cats and they are happy living INDOORS. People who say it is the nature of the cat to roam...ridiculous as dogs were not put on this earth to be inside either. They were here to hunt and protect and yet they make perfect pets. Cat owners who allow their cats outside are conpletely irresponsible pet owners and should be held accountable. I know my neighbors do not want my cats in their yards and climbing on their cars as I dont want their dogs in mine. Take responsiblity for your pets and then maybe sickos like this wont have opportunities to do things like this.

[Lee Koo (ADMIN)]

Glad he got caught!

[wordsurf_08]

so what's it gonna be like for this moron, when he grows up and has a daughter, and she wants a kitten?? what is that kitten gonna look like to this fool?? and is he gonna kill his daughter's little kitten because of what he did once upon a time? i don't imagine that someone like this can control that urge to kill something so small and helpless anymore. might just end up growing into a monster of it's own. hidden behind a nice friendly smile.

[Dadgumgerman]

This teen guy is just plain ornery and trying to make a macho identity for himself. He is also a product of religious angst that many opinionated writers in this forum seem to thrive on. No, killing a domesticated pet is not lethal injection fare, but destroying a beloved symbol of caring and nurturing should not go lightly punished.

[OregonJames]

Cats... there should be a bounty on them. I prefer to think of them as the other white meat.

[uruk91501]

He will get away with it since he is the rich jew son of a dentist.

[DanRathersJr]

maybe he was see if there indeed was more then one way to skin a cat...

[veteran71]

Little Richard Cheney started off torturing small animals and made it all the way to the Vice Presidency, so I say this is no determining factor in how far this kid could go in life. Today, skinning cats alive, tomorrow, mass murding hundreds of thousands of women, children, and old folks around the Planet for fun and profit.....without these guys, the Reich Wingnut Clown Party wouldn't have any members....not to mention the Military Industrial Complex....

[TheMasses0003]

I hope this "person" is tortured in prison.

[shylove2]

He might have been mixed up about catnapping, an example of not picking up on social cues! Or perhaps looking to a career in medical research or as a doctor. I might be too early to write him off as a sociopathic predator. Oh and there are now jobs for Predator operators if it hasn't yet been outsourced that is.

[I_am_me1953]

From above, "The attacks began more than a month ago and cat-owners had been urged recently to keep their pets confined indoors or use fencing to keep the cats in their yards."
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Fencing to keep cats in their yard? I can see that working really well.

[wyodutch]

Something wrong in the soul of a nation that jails kids for killing animals, but supports torture as national policy.

"May 6, 2009: ? A new national poll indicates that most Americans don't want to see an investigation of Bush administration officials who authorized harsh interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists.

Six in ten people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday believe that some of the procedures, such as water boarding, were a form of torture, with 36 percent disagreeing.

But half the public approves of the Bush administration's decision to use of those techniques during the questioning of suspected terrorists, with 50 percent in approval and 46 percent opposed"

[sam-kiley]

bonjour,
une cruauté sans pareille, s'en prendre a des animaux sans défense, cela dit le jeune tyler a besoin d'etre pris en main, il a besoin d'aide, c'est clair, qu'il n'est pas dans un état normal, la question et ses parents dans tout ça, absents, irrresponsabilité et inconscience, car meme a cet age une adolescent a besoin d'etre suivi par ses parents. au revoir

[erasmus111]

by hamiltongrad June 17, 2009 10:58 PM PDT
If you can not agree to listen and dialogue, you ?


Ummm, was that supposed to make sense?

[hamiltongrad]

If you can not agree to listen and dialogue, you ?

[sean4567]

The society is facing problems with such laws. This has to go legal and it?s needed to be sorted at the earlier.
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[VEGAS-GANGSTERS]

If he had just BBQ'd the cats afterwards he wouldn't be in jail at all. It would have just been lunch......

[patticakes100]

This is so sad. This is one sick kid. He is definitely a sociopath and will grow up to become a serial killer. I hope he has to pay for this crime by spending some time in jail.

[patticakes100]

This is so sad. This is one sick kid. He is definitely a sociopath and will grow up to become a serial killer. I hope he has to pay for this crime by spending some time in jail.

[erasmus111]

by hamiltongrad June 16, 2009 11:47 PM PDT

"You obviously do not know anything about how stress, family problems, genetic inter-related inheritance via societal....."


Oh, but I do.



"Erasmus: life is complex."

I know all about it.



"Blaming is easy."

Yes, and you do it very well. Somewhere down the line it must have been a man's fault.