MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) - Clay County prosecutors have charged a Moorhead man with torturing and killing three cats.
Court documents say Moorhead police were called to an apartment in January on a report of a cat that was heard "fighting for its life." When officers arrived, they found a dead cat on the kitchen floor with blood coming out of its mouth and ears.
Police questioned 23 year-old Jalan Greer, who admitted he shook the cat and may have squeezed it "harder than he should have". The complaint says Greer also told police about two other cats that died in his care. He claimed one of the cats was electrocuted and the other died when a towel rod fell on it.
Greer has been charged with three counts of felony mistreatment of animals. If convicted, he faces up to six years in prison.