People are insane. Here's proof.

[thistlechaser]

This is a crazy as heck work day, so of course I'm LJ posting a lot. Don't ask me why I do that, I suspect maybe to distract me and keep me from killing myself with my stapler.

Link to news story: Man Accused of Kidnapping Neighbor's Cat, but I'll quote it here. Underlines added by me:

GILLETTE, Wyo. - Deryl Miles is accused of cat nabbing.

Miles, 55, allegedly kidnapped his neighbor's cat and held it hostage for $50 after the animal wandered into his yard.

He was arrested Tuesday on misdemeanor larceny charges for allegedly trapping the cat, named Brunswick, in a wooden shed behind his mobile home, according to court documents.

Surrounded by police, Miles called a local newspaper from his trailer and said "I've taken (the cat) legally because it was trespassing on my property."

Miles refused to release the cat, and was arrested after leading police on a brief chase around his yard, court documents stated.

The cat's owner, Leah Vader, said she called police after hearing her pet howling from the shed next door.

"You have the right to call animal control if you have an unwanted animal in your yard," she said. "You don't have the right to hold him for ransom."

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I really don't know what to comment on first, other than that I'm glad I live no where near Deryl...

Comments

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

There is an epidemic of pet larceny!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! If I remembered the theme song to that old Pound Puppies cartoon, I'm sure it would be playing in my head right now!

...but they were darned cute little puppies...

Hopefully they really were healthy.

[simmysim.livejournal.com]

that has to be the best thing ... in the world.

[aretina.livejournal.com]

That is so effed up. I don't even know where to start, but it seems like they're really reaching with that "breif chase around his yard" thing. Still, it's difficult to legally establish cat ownership, so they were just doing the best they could to get him on something unassailable.

[dementordelta.livejournal.com]

Okay, but the cat owner's name was Leah Vader? So it's all an Imperial plot to lure potential catnappers into committing crimes, arrest them and conscript them into the Stormtroopers.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Heehee. Yeah, I noticed and blinked at that as well, but there was so much other stuff in the story that I was blinking at, I forgot to comment on the name.