Animal Cruelty: NJ Man Tortured, Beat, Killed Stray Cats, Atlantic County Prosecutors Say

Authorities said on Wednesday, July 9, that a 26-year-old man from Atlantic City has been charged with 13 charges of animal cruelty for torturing and killing stray kittens.

Police in Atlantic City

According to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, Sanabia would use food to entice the stray and abandoned cats in his neighborhood into his home, where they would be tortured, beaten, and eventually killed. According to Sanabia, the cats’ bodies would be thrown into a neighboring dumpster.

While other cats were hiding in a makeshift shelter on a neighbor’s property, he beat them with rods, punched them, and dragged them by their tails, according to the police.