{"id":812774,"date":"2026-07-19T20:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/812774\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T20:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:08:09","slug":"stolen-cat-leads-to-extortion-theft-charges-against-72-year-old-winnipeg-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/812774\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen cat leads to extortion, theft charges against 72-year-old Winnipeg man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manitoba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 72-year-old Winnipeg man faces extortion and theft-related charges after demanding money in exchange for the return of a stolen cat, say police.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbour told owner he had cat, demanded money for its return, police say<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Jul 19, 2026 2:50 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Close up of a grey kitten.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784491689_354_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>A cat is seen in a file photo. A Winnipeg man is accused of demanding money from a neighbour in return for her cat. (Darren Bernhardt\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a072-year-old Winnipeg man\u00a0faces extortion and theft-related charges after demanding money in exchange for the return of a stolen cat, say police.<\/p>\n<p>On July 14, a\u00a044-year-old woman\u00a0reported that her cat had gone missing from her home on Manitoba Avenue in the city&#8217;s North End, police said in a news release on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>A neighbour later delivered a letter, saying he had the cat and wanted money in exchange for its return, the release stated.<\/p>\n<p>Officers went to the neighbour&#8217;s house on July 16 and found the unharmed cat, which was returned to the woman.<\/p>\n<p>The man was arrested and then released on an undertaking.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manitoba A 72-year-old Winnipeg man faces extortion and theft-related charges after demanding money in exchange for the return&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-812774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}