Crazy Cat Roaster at Large

The creep who set a cat aflame and pitched it into the first floor of an East Boston home has made national news. Neighbors are outraged and rattled at the fate of the unfortunate kitty cat.

What kind of moron would set a cat on fire? People are easier on you if you set a human being on fire because at least another human being can fight back. This cat didn't have a chance.

Plus, nothing incites local-news outrage like setting a pet on fire. The Herald immediately put its big gun, Michele McPhee, on the case. Her writing was juicy as always: "A sicko set a cat on fire in East Boston, and then used the burning, screeching animal as a live Molotov cocktail, chucking it at the window of a house, a crime that investigators believe could be connected to gang violence."

Hold up. Gang violence? So now it's the Crips, Bloods, and Hot Cats? What is this all about? But, according to McPhee, police are looking at the MS-13 gang because they allegedly like to commit crime on the 13th of each month.

The Globe was a little more restrained and focused on the neighborhood's reaction. One guy said, "Poor little cat."

Police are now looking for a suspect fitting the following description: "18 to 23 years old, wearing blue jeans, a gray, hooded sweat shirt, and a green cap."

WHDH talked to the owner, who mentioned a possible motive: "He kicked a couple of people off of his property, and he believes that they may be the culprits."

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