Police Arrest Suspect In Cat Killings

[NeoConsSuck]

Source: JustNews.com

Police have arrested the man they say is responsible for a string of cat killings in South Florida.

Tyler Weiman, 18, lives in the area and is now in police custody, police said. He is charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty, four counts of burglary and 19 counts of improper disposing of an animal body.

"Our communities of Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay have been on edge for many weeks now because of the horrific and unspeakable slaughterings of many of their beloved feline pets. I sincerely hope that with his arrest, the residents will feel relieved and their cats will be safe once again. It is expected that the vicious crimes that have plagued these communities will not be repeated," said Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.

"I commend the police officers of the Miami-Dade Police Department and senior trial counsel Michael Von Zamft who worked tirelessly and exhaustively with our law enforcement partners in order to put an end to these acts of cruelty. My heart goes out to the pet owners who have suffered such a great loss," Fernandez Rundle said.

Read more: http://www.justnews.com/news/19747620/detail.html

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And what a cute smile!

[skooooo]

1. I'm sure he'll find a lot of nice sympathetic friends..

..in prison.

:sarcasm:

[Betty]

2. I would be scarred for life if I lost a pet that way

losing them thru natural causes was devastating enough.

[Heidi]

3. If he's guilty, I hope he gets some help in addition to jail time.

Fact is, he's 18 years old and if convicted, he won't be in prison forever. One of these days, he'll be back out in the community, and I'd feel a hell of a lot better if he's had some psychiatric treatment before that happens.

[pattmarty]

12. In our prison system, it ain't gonna happen. He sounds really fucked up............

.............already. When he spends time in prison, he'll be worse, you can bet on it.

[Heidi]

23. I know.

A friend I've had for over 20 years is serving a five-year prison sentence right now; sadly, his circumstances are a direct result of a diagnosed but untreated mental illness, and he's getting neither treatment nor meds in prison.

[pattmarty]

25. The prison system in this country is MORE than a disaster, it is truly fucked up...................

..............ie: in 1963 I was 16 and was sent to a juvenile facility for the crime of "delinquent". I ran away from home (3 or 4 times) and took my car (that was in my fathers name) on a week long "adventure" before I was stopped in Nebraska. Now I DID not break any laws such as stealing or speeding, nada. Luckily I only spent 3 months in an Illinois facility. AT THAT TIME (1963) the white male kids were in the fucking minority, I know, surprise, surprise. Trust me, it has only gotten worse since then. This country is SO fucked up now that Jesus couldn't fix it. Happy Father's day!!:sarcasm:

[1monster]

29. This is Flag Day according to my calendar. Father's Day is next Sunday.

:)

[pattmarty]

31. OOPS????????????

[Heidi]

36. pattmarty,

I lived for more than a decade in Nebraska and that's where my friend is serving his sentence. I hope thing are better for you now, despite the conventional "wisdom" that tends to just throw people away. :hug:

[pattmarty]

52. That happened when I was 16. I am now 62 yo and a retired Teamster.

Never been in jail since, but know people that have and still have a knowledge of the system. USA, the largest per capita prison population in the world, land of the free, I don't fucking think so. Here the poor and lower middle class go to jail, the more well off go to the country club for golf & drinks with their same dishonest friends.

[Heidi]

53. Prison industrial complex, friend.

It's an economy unto itself, and anyone who thinks it exists to advance or protect society is delusional. In general, I feel the same way about the War on People (PC term: "War on Drugs"). The wealthy have their legal alcohol and prescription drugs; the unwashed have pot and "harder" street drugs. Biggest circle jerk on earth, and it's underwritten by all of us who pay taxes.

*End of sermon to the choir*

[pattmarty]

55. I hear ya, and totally agree.

[jmowreader]

14. I hope they mark his file "not eligible for public service"

Ted Bundy wasn't the only one who got his start by torturing animals; George W. Bush also tortured animals in his youth.

Not only does this guy need a LOT of psychiatric help, he needs to never be allowed to even consider serving the public in any way, shape or form.

[Berry Cool]

16. Don't forget Jeffrey Dahmer.

He became quite known in his youth for torturing, killing and burying animals.

[jmowreader]

32. Cats and frogs are the mass murderers' entry-level victims

If you read the biographies of all the mass murderers of the last fifty or so years, you'll find they started out by either killing cats or by making grenades out of frogs. Yeah George, I'm talking about you.

[MADem]

4. Not quite Dexter....but that is how Ted Bundy types get their start... nt

[endless october]

5. assholes like this should be put in the klink for many years.

[EvilAL]

6. He'll probably only get a fine for littering,

like those 2 PETA employees that got caught dumping the puppies they killed into a dumpster.

[cabluedem]

9. Put him in a cage with a hungry mountain lion. nt

[Merlot]

13. Got a link to the PETA story?

ya, thought so.

[Stump]

18. Here's the link you're looking for I think

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8255324

[panzerfaust]

83. Umm. I do not think Merlot was REALLY wanting the link

... just a thought.

But thanks for providing it.

BTW, Penn & Teller's "Bullshit" (not that they do not do a certain amount of it themselves) had what I thought a really good expose of PETA. I think it was in the second or third season.

[kooljerk666]

20. PETA SUCKS SHIT sez this animal lover......links for felony cruelty here.......

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/pressRelease_detail.cfm/release/109


http://www.google.com/search?q=peta+puppies+dumpster&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

I hate these guys, they are (almost)as fucked up as pro lifers & other terrorists.

HUSA, ASPCA, these guys do good work. PETA self serving asshats telling everyone else how to live.

Kinda like xtian Terra-ists.

FU PETA

[flvegan]

98. Consumer Freedom, huh?

Got any links from any other right wing trash sites you want to share?

BTW, that "felony cruelty" you allude to...cleared of it. Nice try, though.

[kooljerk666]

99. sorry if that is RW......I included the google search conditions for my search......

....& consumerfreedom admittedly sounds like some kind of lobbying group for tobacco or something harmful.

BTW I have several hundred hours of dog walking, washing & cage cleaning at Main Line Animal Rescue.

We were on Oprah exposing puppy mills. Puppy mill owner hate (& fear) us more than any other group in the state.

We were instrumental in getting PA Dog laws toughened up considerably.

PETA just seems more like operation rescue than any group I would want to associate with.

http://www.mlar.com/puppy-mills/factory-farming-dogs

[EvilAL]

22. sure

I'm on dialup so I'm not gonna run all over the fuckin internet for you..

but here's one and I'm sure if you googled the names and other facts you could come up with more.

http://www.newsobserver.com/141/story/539313.html

[The Stranger]

97. Weird how so many people supposedly against animal cruelty simply can't help themselves and have to

bash PETA.

Even if I somewhat, maybe gave a half-shit about animals, I wouldn't shit all over someone who believes in the same thing.

But we see it here again and again and again, dividing our house.

Inherit the wind.

[snake in the grass]

33. Assholes like this...

...need to be taken to the nearest zoo and thrown into the tiger cage. In the last seconds of his life he'll be 100% cured of his disrespect for these beautiful animals.

[crim son]

7. I bet we'll be hearing more about him some day.

Psychopathic piece of shit that he is.

[cabluedem]

10. Serial killers start like this killing small animals. Lock him up now. nt

[crim son]

19. Yep.

The look on his face, the complacency, says it all.

[ensho]

8. child sexual abuse is an epidemic in the US - which leads to this kind

of cruelty. also it can cause fire starters. and cutting on the body.

plus children that are sexually abused tend to pass it on as adults.

why more attention to this epidemic is not happening is beyond me.

[Berry Cool]

17. Agreed. The sad part is that more of it is not nipped in the bud

so that those who have suffered it do not go on to making other creatures suffer as payback for what was done to them.

Some people are just sociopaths, though. They were just born without consciences and they will never get any. It's not their fault, technically, that they were made that way, but the only way the general population is safe from them is if they're taken out of it forever. Because as long as they're out among people, they will always see themselves as the only creatures of value and everyone and everything else as either tools they can use to get what they want or impediments to be eliminated on the way to it.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

21. And plenty of abused children don't turn into sociopathic cat killers

The dude is a future serial killer. Lock him up now, so we don't have to lock him up again later when he moves onto people.

[ensho]

37. agree - I didn't mean all kids turned into abusers

but a large percentage do.

[1monster]

24. Vastly more sexually abused children grow up NOT to become abusers than those that do.

The problem is that those who do sexually abuse children don't stop at one child or ten children. They keep going until they get caught and put away forever.

[kooljerk666]

27. sex abuse against children 1993-3003 down 79%

don't believe all the fear mongering.......

I think if anything the smothering of children today by parents has made a generation of fat, stupid, selfish kids unprepared for the workforce & real life.

http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/


All U.S. homicides: Down 40% 1992 -2005.

Juvenile homicide: Down 36% 1993 – 2005 (kids under age 14)

Juvenile homicide: Down 60% 1993 – 2005 (age 14 – 17)

Forcible rape: Down 28% 1992 – 2006

Sex Abuse Substantiations of Children, 1990 – 2005: Down 51%

Physical Abuse Substantiations of Children, 1990 – 2005: Down 46%

Juvenile Sex victimization trends, 1993 – 2003: Down 79%

[LisaL]

47. And what on Earth makes you come up with accusation of child sexual abuse?

There is nothing in the article to suggest anything of the sort.

[bitchkitty]

57. Not just sexual abuse.

Other physical and psychological abuse can have equally destructive effects.

[panzerfaust]

84. There is no information suggesting that yet

[TankLV]

11. I see a future repuke presidential candidate here!!!

Oh, wait - those were cats, not frogs...

[1monster]

26. In that case, Senate Republican Majority Leader

[Doremus]

15. If he goes to jail at all it will only be for a short while. nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

28. 19 counts of "improper disposing of an animal body"?

That sounds scary. Like something some of us might be guilty of. Dunno. Hmmm.

[Aslanspal]

30. Does this guy have a facebook, myspace, and or youtube

I agree this guy needs to be put away ...I have 2 cats and the temptation to hope for the worst for this monster is great...just want to know if he has support of accomplices.

[Aslanspal]

34. My God just saw his pic.....I want to knock that George Smirk off his face

[islandmkl]

35. send that smiling bastard down here to this island...give him some well-needed rest-time...

and we'll introduce him to some of the local 'wildlife'...i say just put him a room with some centipedes, and let it go...hey, kid's gotta sleep sometime, doesn't he?...



there are about a thousand things, bad things, that you would rather have happen to you than to be bitten by a centipede....

[Aslanspal]

40. That Centipede is beautiful...should not share a room with that kid

send him to one of those Prisons that allow pets to the Prisoners...make sure they know what he did....he will have to make a choice and soon.


Hey Bitch ...change the cat liter

Hey Bitch....my dog just pooped...scoop it up

Hey Bitch ...bend over and squeal like a pig


I think he did not act alone....if he and others are too kill that many...he needed a lookout.


i know...i know over the top...but that picture set me off.

[panzerfaust]

87. well ...

Don't know what island you are on, am guessing tropical or semitropical, and it is always fraught with hazard to try to ID a bug from just a picture - BUT, the creature pictured next to the quarter is most likely a "common centipede" or "house centipede"

If so, it is a beneficial insectivore and has a bite that is no worse than a bee sting (unless one is allergic to bee stings, or - less commonly - to centipede bites). Even when handled they are unlikely to bite (ie, they are much less aggressive than bees).

Mostly they eat cockroaches, ants, flies (? how do they catch them), grubs, worms and slugs. Even the eight inch long Giant Texas Centipede is your friend (biologically speaking), though it is more likely to bite than the house centipede.

Even so, you do catch your breath when one come out from under the dishwasher.

Some tropical centipedes are dangerous, but very likely NOT the one you have pictured.

Most bugs are NOT dangerous.

[islandmkl]

94. come on down to St. Croix...and tell the people who have been bitten by a centipede..

how it is ' no worse than a bee sting'...there are about 50,000 people who believe differently, due to experience...

the bite is similar to a stingray 'sting'...both of which i have experienced...

[BreweryYardRat]

96. They probably catch flies by hanging down off the ceiling.

Do a YouTube search for "centipede" + "bat", and you'll see a few videos showing you what I mean. Albeit with larger prey than flies, but it's probably the same tactic.

[devilgrrl]

38. Animal abusers eventually move on to abusing people - this kid is a serial killer waiting to happen

eom

[panzerfaust]

85. ah, I thought I recognized the smile

[Brooklyns_Finest]

39. Mental Hospital

I don't think the kid should get any kind of stiff jail sentence for killing the cats. Instead, I think he should be committed to a mental hospital for treatment. That path would be a whole lot better for him and society in general. THe kid has a pychological problem. If that problem is not treated, he will probably end up killing people when he gets out of jail.

I feel bad for the kid. I feel bad for anyone who suffers from a mental illness.

[Alameda]

44. He soulds like a psychopath....

and that kind of mental problem isn't treatable....only containable.

[LisaL]

46. Nothing like diagnosing someone with mental illness

over the internet.
:eyes:

[a la izquierda]

50. Tell that to the people...

whose cats this pig just murdered. They'd probably like to see him in prison. I would.
I don't feel bad for him...I know plenty of people who are mentally ill and who do not torture small animals. This is twisted in a way that treatment probably won't do much to cure.

[bitchkitty]

58. Probably too late. n/t

[tech3149]

41. I'd been watching this story and expected the culprit to be

some young, dumb, full of piss and vinegar type. Since I was a kid I've only killed one animal, that poor little squirrel wasn't more than an irritation and a target. Unfortunately, I hit the target on the first try. The next time I took aim at another living thing was decades later when a stray cat posed a serious threat to my cats. I took out the popgun and shot at the lowest power that might be accurate. I smacked him in the hindquarters and I thought I hurt him more than intended. I probably did but he got the message he's not welcome here. I'm glad to see him grazing the fields as long as he leaves my babies alone.

I think the big problem is that so many don't have an understanding of the effects of our actions. Killing another living thing might not seem like a big thing unless you consider someone might have an emotional connection to that beast. Even if it's not a domesticated animal, why take a life if it isn't to support your own life?

I'm glad to say I would never kill unless for food or defense.

Just a point of curiosity, Why should a cat killer get more bandwidth than the deaths of homeless, veterans, and mentally ill or just plain broke?

[dallas carol]

42. police arrest suspect

Thank god that they caught him...Killing cats and dogs is often how serial killers start...It was just a matter of time before he moved on to killing humans...This young man is very dangerous in my opinion...

[northernlights]

43. his smirky mugshot says it all

All the "mental health" treatment in the world won't give a sociopath or psychopath a conscience or empathy.

I think the best you can possibly hope for is to make them afraid to ever end up in jail again. I hope his cellmate, Bubba, loves little kittens. :(

[NoodleyAppendage]

45. Dahmer in training. This is good news, though this guy needs to be locked up for life.

He will kill again. The cats were just practice for larger prey. Mark my words, this guy is a serial killer in infancy.

J

[truthisfreedom]

48. "Police have arrested the man they say is responsible..." Dangerous words in 2009! Should have read

"Police have arrested the man they allege is responsible..."

Lawyers can make hay with wording. Very irresponsible of the paper if they turned the words of the police around, and very irresponsible of the police if they misspoke.

[LisaL]

51. Oh give me a break.

If police didn't think he was responsible, why would he be arrested and charged?
Police don't think he is responsible but arrested him just for the fun of it or what?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

49. Glad they caught him

It starts with mutilating animals--and often escalates into mutilating people.

[chatnoir]

54. What a freaking smirk!

I hope 4chan makes this vile prick's life miserable if nothing else does.

[man4allcats]

56. Another Republican president in the making.

It's a good thing for this little bastard that I won't be on the jury.

[IndianaGreen]

59. Kids that start by killing animals invariably become serial killers or Senate leaders

Ted Bundy and Bill Frist respectively.

[OKNancy]

60. kick

[Thickasabrick]

61. Authorities: Teen arrested in Fla. cat mutilations

Source: Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — A teenager was arrested early Sunday and accused of committing a string of gruesome cat mutilation deaths that had horrified residents of his Miami area community, authorities said.

For the past month, shocked pet owners in the Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay neighborhoods have reported finding more than two dozen cats killed and mutilated. Some of the dead cats were missing fur and appeared to have been cut with a sharp, straight instrument, police said.

Tyler Weinman, 18, was taken into custody early Sunday at a party, police said. Weinman was charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty, 19 counts of improperly disposing of an animal body and four counts of burglary.

"This terrible time has drawn us together as a community, further emphasizing the importance of knowing our neighbors, communicating with each other, and always staying vigilant to suspicious activities whenever or wherever they may occur in our village," said Palmetto Bay Mayor Eugene Flinn.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CATS_MUTILATED?SITE=KMOV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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Whoohoo!! Caught the little creep

[hlthe2b]

62. He surely wouldn't want ME on that jury....

I'm glad they caught the little "serial-killer" in the making.... Sadly, no matter what sentence he gets, he will be out soon, without treatment, and likely retain his sociopathic tendencies.

[47of74]

69. Me either

Because I would be nothing less than a hard ass when it came time for sentencing.

[joeybee12]

63. Thank God!

I just had to deal with a similar situation yesterday with the feral colony I manage and it is horrific what this kid did.

[Cirque du So-What]

64. This one bears watching

for the rest of his miserable fucking life. There's a good likelihood that he's a serial killer still in the embryonic stage.

[Unca Jim]

65. Animal mutilation

Animal mutilation is a *huge* deal. It is the precursor for all kinds of self-mutilation as well as brutality and violence against others.

If the kid were still a minor, he'd get the help he needs. This sort of thing is on the radar in the public schools. Sadly, as a legal adult he'll probably end up avoiding help if he wants to. Hopefully his parents will get involved in his treatment.

I hope he acted alone.

[Warpy]

66. This is an argument for bringing back the lobotomy

because he'll move on to children next.

Oh, they can try therapy, but I doubt it will work. This is a major loose screw.

[depakid]

75. Odds are what we have here is a budding young psychopath

[tularetom]

67. Reading shit like this brings out the primitive urges in me

Somebody needs to go medieval on this puke.

[Liberal_in_LA]

68. Glad someone was caught

[liberalmuse]

70. There was a kid around my daughters age who used to harm frogs...

and other animals. I did not know about this or I would have gone ballistic- apparently my daughter did rip into him when she found out without my knowledge. Not too many years later, he ended up murdering a friend just because he wanted to know what it felt like to bash someone's head in. Nobody who knew this child was shocked at the news story years later, but it is tragic that an innocent young man had to die because the family of the murderer seemed to do everything to ensure this child grew up to become a fucked up adult. You really have to watch kids who enjoy harming animals. That is an ominous sign that something is truly unbalanced with their chemistry.

[opihimoimoi]

71. Life term in GitMo or Tonga/Palau...away from people...and in a Tongan Prison

[eppur_se_muova]

81. His last name wasn't Bush, was it? nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

72. His divorced parents live in different towns. Mutilated cats were found in both towns.

Looks like they have the right guy.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/AmazingAnimals/story?id=7836149&page=1

Mary Lou Shad said she does not know the Weinman family, but her husband's boss does. She told ABCNews.com that Weinman's parents are divorced, and the teen splits his time between his mother's house in Cutler Bay and his father's house in Palmetto Bay, Fla. Dead cats were found in both towns

[get the red out]

73. I am very glad he is 18

Very glad. And I am glad they caught him. People who torture animals usually don't stop with that, they have to be stopped.

[shanti]

76. my first thought too!

he can't get out of it as easily being an adult.

[CountAllVotes]

74. I hope this bastard rots in hell!

mutilating cats for play! What a sick fucker!

I hope he is dealt with beyond the fullest extent of law if at all possible!!! :mad:

:kick:

[Breathe]

77. Look at the look on his face

He looks like a sociopath. He's proud of himself. It gives me the heebie-jeebies.

No matter what comes of this, even jail time, this kid needs treatment for whatever the hell is wrong with him. If he doesn't get it, he could, like many serial killers escalate to killing people. And even if he didn't escalate to humans, it's unlikely he'd stop killing animals. Who knows? He might even get a job at Carolina Biological, the business that supplies fetal pigs and frogs and animals in jars to universities, a place where cruelty is rewarded. I remember when PETA infiltrated them and filmed the most horrendous stuff, like people torturing animals to death. Our society is so sick.

[CountAllVotes]

79. this "kid" is a sick fuck

picture for ALL TO SEE!



BASTARD!!

:kick:

[mitchum]

80. Enjoy jail, you little bastard

[DJ13]

78. Another future serial killer is off the streets!

Good!

[PfcHammer]

92. Hope he's in the general population and his butt gets mutilated.

:puke:

[panzerfaust]

82. WHY?

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/AmazingAnimals/story?id=7836149&page=1

"Weinman's parents did not immediately return messages seeking comment"

And HERE is a really weird one from:
http://ezauctionmall.com/tyler-weiman-cat-killer.html
"tyler weiman cat killer > Click here to view ALL "tyler weiman cat killer" products"

Realize that the above page is generated by a script trying to put together an 'acution page' - but truly, I would not be surprised if there are not sleazeballs who at this very moment are working on Tyler Weiman Cat Killer T-shirts.

Weiman apparently had a facebook page (which I cannot seem to locate: More purging of the WWW?)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-06-14-cat-teen_N.htm?csp=34

[Endangered Specie]

86. student of Mr. Frist?

[moobu2]

88. Wonder what the evidence for his guilt is?

[panzerfaust]

89. We will find out, when the kid's lawyers run out of delaying tactics

At the moment he is simply the alleged cat killer.

Hopefully he will soon be the convicted cat killer, and one can hope that the trial goes better than that of another alleged cat killer, where one juror held out for five days in the trial of an ex-baseball player resulting in a hung jury (http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5894865&page=1)

[moobu2]

93. oh, the judge ordered the arrest warrant and affidavit sealed

which is where the evidence would be.


NBCMIAMI[br /

[and-justice-for-all]

90. GOOD!

what a sick bastard.

[rocktivity]

91. I am truly relieved--it would have been only a matter of time

before he made like Emeril Lagasse and "kicked it up a notch"...

:scared:
rocktivity

[proteus_lives]

95. I don't understand why someone would do this.

And I hope I never do.

[raccoon]

100. On Sunday night one homeowner told Local 10, "I didn't think it would be somebody in

this neighborhood."

Yeah, it couldn't be a nice, upper-middle-class person. :sarcasm: