Police have arrested a man they say broke into a Roseville home and killed the house cat by tossing it into the washing machine, because it was annoying him.
Ty-Shawn E. Bost, 19, of Highland Park was tracked to a Highland Park apartment complex and arrested without incident about 6 p.m. Wednesday, said Roseville police.
He "confessed to his involvement in this heinous crime, stating he killed the cat because 'it was bothering me,' " according to a news release from Chief James Berlin.
He is in jail pending his arraignment at 1 p.m. today in 39th District Court. He is charged with second-degree home invasion, a 15-year felony, and killing or torturing an animal, a 4-year felony.
Bost put the nearly 7-month-old cat Ruby into the front-loading washing machine after removing wet clothes from the machine during the break-in at Kimberly Ross' home Monday, police alleged.
Ross found Ruby dead in the machine when she and her daughter returned home about 10:45 p.m. Monday. Police said the burglars also ransacked the house and took a laptop, a Nintendo Wii game system and some money.
Berlin declined to say how police identified Bost, but said investigators followed up on tips. Berlin, who said police believe more people are involved in the crime, explained that Bost has no connection to the Ross family.
"I would never, ever in a million years ever want anyone to go through this," Ross said. "Ice just must run through their veins to do anything like that."
Ross said she is grateful for the public's kindness, including calls from rescue groups and others offering her a kitten, food and litter. She said she may go out next week to look at the kittens and "see what happens," though she has said that no cat will replace Ruby.
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