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Homeless man faces felony trial in cat torture case

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A transient is facing trial for allegedly soaking a live cat in gasoline and torching it in the Rancho Cucamonga area, the Associated Press reports. Here’s an excerpt:

Timothy Kooyman was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on four felony counts of animal abuse and starting a fire. He will be arraigned July 15. Investigators testifying at the 24-year-old man’s preliminary hearing say Kooyman killed one of the cats by dousing it with gasoline and using a lighter to set it on fire while it was still alive. The flaming cat then ran into a vacant lot and started a brush blaze. Six hours after the May 13 brush fire, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Wendy Saucedo arrested Kooyman. She testified that Kooyman had a storage bin in his car with two mutilated, but alive, cats inside. The cats had broken legs, and their tails were cut off.

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