Journal Staff , edmontonjournal.com
Published: Friday, January 04, 2008
EDMONTON - A group of teenagers has been charged with animal cruelty and other offences after allegedly breaking into a Camrose home and using the microwave to kill the family's cat.
"I've been a police officer here for 25 years and I have never run across this kind of a situation," said Insp. Lee Foreman of the Camrose Police Service. "I'm sure you share the same disgust as I do."
Police believe the house was broken into during the early hours of Dec. 29, when a group of suspects stole several items and committed vandalism to the interior. No one was home at the time as the residents were away for a post-Christmas holiday.
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The home was re-entered on Dec. 30, when more damage was caused. Police believe this is when the suspects put the family cat in the microwave and turned it on.
"We sent the cat to be autopsied, so that has yet to be confirmed, but that is what we surmise," Foreman said.
A friend of the family who was checking the home discovered the dead cat inside the microwave later on Dec. 30.
After an investigation, Camrose police arrested three 15-year-old boys as well as a 13-year-old boy, Foreman said.
The teens are facing charges of unlawfully killing an animal; unlawfully causing pain or suffering to an animal; break, enter and theft; mischief; and possession of stolen property.
They are scheduled to appear in youth court in Camrose on Feb. 7 at 9:30 a.m.

© Edmonton Journal 2008