A sicko “serial cat killer” has been busted in California after being caught on video, according to cops.
Alejandro Acosta Oliveros, 45, was arrested Wednesday by Santa Ana police as the department shared footage of a hooded suspect snatching a cat between two cars.
The arrest followed “multiple disturbing reports involving the suspected abuse and killing of cats,” cops said, without elaborating on exactly how many pets were involved
Oliveros was “positively identified by several victims and witnesses” — and officers charged him after finding evidence of the crimes at his home, the department said, without detailing what was found.
Neighbors in the Orange County area had been posting to local social media sites about the missing cats for weeks.
“We saw our cameras, and this guy just grabbed a neighborhood cat, seemed like he tied his legs up and took him around 5 p.m.,” read one post on Nextdoor, according to KTLA.
Another post said: “My neighbor’s cat was killed by a man who injected it with some sort of substance.”
In one disturbing case in neighboring Westminster, the killer was caught on camera snatching Clubber, a 10-month-old Bengal Lynx cat, from outside a home on March 21, according to KTLA.
Surveillance footage showed a man at the end of Corlew’s driveway attempting to lure the kitten, possibly with food, Westminster police said. He then picked up the cat and fled in a white pickup truck.
Cops said days later they received a tip that Clubber was at a home in Santa Ana and returned the cat, unharmed, to his owners.
Oliveros was booked at the Santa Ana Jail on felony animal cruelty charges.
