Man Pleads Guilty to Abusing Cats for Money in Chesterfield

He adopted cats from shelters and abused them in hotel rooms for money. Now he's going to prison.

A Virginia man got 15 years and a $25,000 fine for abusing cats and using their injuries to fraudulently raise over $400,000 online.

Fraudster who tortured cats gets Virginia's harshest-ever animal abuse penalty

Prosecutors say Rodney Travis Jr. tortured cats to make them look sickly for the purpose of soliciting donations on social media.

Man pleads guilty to abusing cats for money in Chesterfield

A Chesterfield man pleaded guilty to five counts of animal cruelty after he ran what officials call an online scheme to get money. 27-year-old Rodney Travis Jr. was charged in February after officials found he adopted cats, abused them, posted them online saying they were sick and that he needed money for their treatment.

Scammer who tortured cats hit with state's harshest animal abuse penalty

{mag_summary} After a yearslong practice of torturing cats to create social media donation campaigns generating over $400,000 for nearly 20 abused animals, a 27-year-old Virginia…