Virginia Man Arrested After Killing Four Month Old Family Cat

WOODBRIDGE, Va. (WMAL) – A Virginia man was arrested on Monday after an investigation found that he killed his family’s four month old cat, according to Prince William County Police.

Around 10:34 a.m. on Monday, police responded to a residence located in the 14900 block of Fruit Tree Ct. in Woodbridge in reference to an animal cruelty complaint, according to PWCPD public information officer Nathan Probus

“One of the family members there killed the family pet, a four month old domesticated cat, after learning that the cat had scratched his three-year-old daughter on the face earlier that morning,” Probus said.

After the investigation, police placed charges on the accused family member, 46-year-old Rocky Bryan Hearn, and arrested Hearn without incident. Hearn is being held without bond.