Man lures cat into bedroom, then mutilates it and hangs it from a fence, police say

A Hialeah man was arrested Thursday for luring a neighbor’s cat into his home, then mutilating it and hanging the dead feline over the adjoining fence facing his neighbor’s home.

Eduardo Rodriguez-Montegudo, 20, told police he was playing with the neighbor’s cat, which had wandered to his property at 881 W. 51st Pl. , until it began annoying him, police said.

Then, according to police, he strangled the black cat with a graduation tassel and sliced open its stomach from head to tail. He also cut of one of the feline’s paws.

Rodriguez-Montegudo, whose bond was set at $5,000, was charged with animal cruelty. His arrest affidavit said the cat’s owner called police and when they began questioning Rodriguez-Montegudo, he said he was having a cigarette outside when he noticed the cat lurking in his yard.

Then, he said, he teased it until it made its way to his bedroom.

This story was originally published May 4, 2017 at 4:06 PM with the headline "Man lures cat into bedroom, then mutilates it and hangs it from a fence, police say."