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

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

Cummings was arrested for one depend of theft and not using a firearm or different weapon, per Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace jail information. He’s recognized as a “transient” within the jail information.

In line with police, the theft passed off on Thursday morning. Detectives had been finally capable of find Cummings, and discover his final location utilizing surveillance footage, per the press launch.

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

“Whereas investigating the objects, the stolen kitten emerged from beneath the automobile and approached Officers,” the press launch acknowledged. “The sufferer confirmed the kitten to be the one stolen from her throughout the theft together with the objects contained in the automobile. 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 submit.)

The police division didn’t share particulars concerning Cummings’ arrest.

In line with Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace jail information, Cummings has a prison report going again so far as 2005, with the person having over a dozen mugshots to his title.

Cummings stays behind bars and his bail is about for $10,000. His court docket date is about for March 3.