California Cat Eater Caught By Authorities

Jason Louis Wilmert was arrested on Feb. 3 and is being held in Kern County Jail after police arrested him on charges of using a pet or domesticated animal for food and a charge of animal cruelty. The 35-year-old has also been charged with resisting a peace officer.

The Californians home was searched after the sheriff’s department received a call about cats wailing and screeching from inside the man’s home.

In responding to the case Sheriff’s spokesman Ray Pruitt said he had “never seen anything like this.”

Wilmert will appear in court on Friday to be arraigned.

Neighbor Joe Nuno who phones police told a local television news station:

“I heard a cat cry really, really loud.”

Wilmert then looked in the backyard where he said there was “a little burner going” which smelled like “awful meat.”

It’s still unclear where Jason Louis Wilmert was obtaining his various cats from, more information will likely come out on Friday.