Angry Mob Targets Wrong House After Accused Serial Cat Killer Released From Jail As Vigil Turns Violent

A vigil to grant felines slain by an accused serial feline slayer successful Santa Ana, California, took a convulsive turn erstwhile attendees decided they would way nan fishy down themselves… but sewage nan incorrect house.

The vigil came 1 week aft Santa Ana Police arrested a man who they said murdered dozens of cats successful a neighborhood successful nan city. 

Residents claimed that nan suspected feline slayer utilized a needle to inject a constituent into 1 of nan cats, and different resident told FOX 11 Los Angeles that they recovered their feline hanging from a tree.

The suspect, identified arsenic 45-year-old Alejandro Oliveros Acosta, allegedly confessed to carrying retired nan heinous crimes to police. He bonded retired and was released from jailhouse Thursday, constabulary confirmed. 

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45-year-old Alejandro Oliveros Acosta was arrested for felony animal cruelty aft allegedly sidesplitting aggregate cats successful nan neighborhood. (FOX 11)

During Sunday night's vigil for nan cats, a mob surrounded some sides of a location crossed nan thoroughfare from Acosta's location that nan crowd believed belonged to his brother.

The outlet reported that nan mob demanded that he travel out, and began to break windows and moreover pepper-sprayed nan man who lived successful nan location arsenic children were seen watching nan full ordeal unfold from inside.

The victim, who did not want to beryllium identified, told FOX 11 that he is not Acosta's brother, but that nan alleged feline slayer is related to his brother-in-law. The unfortunate past claimed he had not seen aliases heard from Acosta since his arrest. 

It took much than an hr for Santa Ana police to get connected nan scene, FOX 11 reported. 

A vigil for cats allegedly killed by a serial feline slayer turned convulsive erstwhile a mob decided to way nan fishy down, but targeted nan incorrect house. (FOX 11)

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan Santa Ana Police Department for comment, but did not perceive back. 

FOX 11 reported that nan crowd continued to chant extracurricular nan incorrect location and accused nan residents of collaborating pinch nan feline murderer, contempt constabulary declaring it an unlawful assembly. 

"Last night, during a vigil related to this case, respective individuals became unruly, vandalized property, and threw objects successful a neighborhood. While we support nan community’s correct to peacefully assemble, nan Santa Ana Police Department will not tolerate acts of violence, vandalism, aliases immoderate threats to nationalist safety," nan constabulary section released successful a connection connected X.

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"Any harm to life aliases spot will person consequences, and those engaging successful criminal behaviour will beryllium held accountable. We admit nan community’s practice and patience arsenic this lawsuit moves done nan ineligible system," nan connection continued.

A unfortunate told FOX 11 that they knew thing astir Acosta's alleged crimes and were terrified by nan crowds' actions. 

The angry mob threw rocks and nan location proprietor was moreover capsicum sprayed. (FOX 11)

"The serene protesting wasn't truthful peaceful. They're scaring kids here. It's scaring nan full family. There are kids, 7 kids successful this house. Two small babies, 1 that is autistic. You know, breaking our fences… capsicum spraying america for nary reason. If you did what you did, I didn't cognize thing astir it. You know, erstwhile we recovered out, we were shocked," nan unfortunate told FOX 11.

Over respective weeks, nan Santa Ana Police Department said they received aggregate disturbing reports involving nan suspected maltreatment and sidesplitting of cats successful a section neighborhood. 

Police said nan reports alleged that a man had been luring vicinity cats to and astir his property, wherever he past harmed aliases killed them.

Detectives arrested Acosta connected Wednesday morning, wherever he was past taken into custody and booked connected felony charges related to animal cruelty.

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Alejandro Oliveros Acosta is accused of luring and sidesplitting an chartless number of cats successful a Santa Ana neighborhood. (Santa Ana Police Department)

Neighbors told FOX 11 they judge their cats whitethorn person been victims of Acosta, and are readying to study those missing cats to police.

In consequence to Acosta bonding retired of jail, constabulary said "the correct to bail is protected nether nan Eighth Amendment of nan United States Constitution," and that individuals who are arrested successful California "may station bail based connected predetermined bail schedules established nether nan California Penal Code for definite offenses."

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"These schedules supply standardized bail amounts depending connected nan quality of nan alleged crime," constabulary said successful a connection shared connected X. "At arraignment, it is wrong nan discretion of nan tribunal to reappraisal and, if warranted, revoke aliases set bail conditions based connected nan circumstances presented. Ultimately, immoderate modification to bail is simply a judicial determination made successful accordance pinch nan law."