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

In response to 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of robbing a lady and stealing her bag stuffed with her belongings, together with a kitten that was “roughly” a month outdated.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 information. He’s recognized as a “transient” within the jail information.

In response to police, the theft befell on Thursday morning. Detectives had been finally in a position to find Cummings, and discover his final location utilizing surveillance footage, per the press launch.

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

“Whereas investigating the gadgets, 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 in the course of the theft together with the gadgets 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 concerning Cummings’ arrest.

In response to Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace jail information, Cummings has a legal file 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.