Florida Man Accused of Stealing Girls’s Purse with 1-Month-Outdated Kitten Inside: Cops

In keeping with a press launch shared by the Fort Myers Police Division on Friday, Benjamin Cummings, 34, is accused of robbing a lady and stealing her bag stuffed with her belongings, together with a kitten that was “roughly” a month outdated.

Cummings was arrested for one rely of theft with no firearm or different weapon, per Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace jail data. He’s recognized as a “transient” within the jail data.

In keeping with police, the theft happened on Thursday morning. Detectives had been in the end capable of find Cummings, and discover his final location utilizing surveillance footage, per the press launch.

“[Detectives] had been in a position to reply to the situation the place the suspect was final seen, discovering the victims’ belongings inside an deserted car,” police mentioned, earlier than confirming that the kitten was discovered.

“Whereas investigating the objects, the stolen kitten emerged from beneath the car and approached Officers,” the press launch acknowledged. “The sufferer confirmed the kitten to be the one stolen from her through the theft together with the objects contained in the car. The kitten was safely returned to the proprietor.”

Alongside the assertion — which was posted on Fb — the Fort Myers Police Division additionally shared a photograph of Cummings’ mugshot together with a photograph of the black-and-white kitten. (See high of this publish.)

The police division didn’t share particulars relating to Cummings’ arrest.

In keeping with Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace jail data, Cummings has a legal document going again so far as 2005, with the person having over a dozen mugshots to his identify.

Cummings stays behind bars and his bail is ready for $10,000. His courtroom date is ready for March 3.