Serial kitten-torture suspect captured after interstate manhunt as locals break into cheers

A man accused of torturing a kitten to death in San Francisco was caught Thursday night in his home state of Nevada after fleeing California.33-year-old William Ohlson, of Reno, had failed to appear for his scheduled arraignment on Monday.Ohlson faced animal abuse charges after he allegedly carried a small kitten into an ATM vestibule in the 1800 block of Market Street at around 2 a.m.on July 1 and “violently tortured” the animal to death before leaving with its body.

He was released after his arrest due to a California Supreme Court ruling limiting pretrial detention largely to cases involving violence directed at people.The alleged kitten torturer was arrested at gunpoint at a house in downtown Reno and held at Washoe County Detention Center on four charges relating to resisting an officer and failing to obey a court order.Reno police had actually checked the house on July 17 but he was not there, the Reno Gazette Journal reported.But the police got a tip Thursday that Ohlson had returned, with witnesses seeing him enter the residence.Officers sped to the scene and established a perimeter around the house.They attempted to communicate via loudspeaker and then deployed a K-9.Body cam footage of the first visit to the home show an officer using a battering ram to pop open the front door.

The officers enter with guns raised and shouting commands.A few days later, officers are back at the home, waiting outside, with a dog searching the area for the suspect.The man surrenders himself and is handcuffed into a police vehicle, the video showed.Some onlookers ask the cops, “Did you find him?” followed with a “We love you.

Thank you!” for capturing Ohlson.The San Francisco kitten was not the only animal Ohlson allegedly tortured.In 2020, Ohlson pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to kill or torture a white kitten at a Walmart in Reno.His sentence was suspended in exchange for attending adult drug court.A Reno animal group, the Biggest Little Cat Rescu...