{"id":411581,"date":"2026-07-25T02:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411581\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T02:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:48:20","slug":"san-francisco-kitten-torture-suspect-caught-in-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411581\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco kitten torture suspect caught in Nevada"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man accused of\u00a0torturing a kitten<\/a>\u00a0to death in San Francisco was caught Thursday night in his home state of Nevada after fleeing California.<\/p>\n

33-year-old William Ohlson, of Reno, had failed to appear<\/a> for his scheduled arraignment on Monday.<\/p>\n

Ohlson faced animal abuse charges after he allegedly carried a small kitten into an ATM vestibule in the 1800 block of Market Street at around 2 a.m. on July 1 and \u201cviolently tortured\u201d the animal to death before leaving with its body. <\/p>\n

He was released after his arrest due to a California Supreme Court ruling limiting pretrial detention largely to cases involving violence directed at people.<\/p>\n

William Ohlson Arrests Org<\/p>\n

The alleged kitten torturer was arrested at gunpoint at a house in downtown Reno and held at Washoe County Detention Center on four charges relating to resisting an officer and failing to obey a court order.<\/p>\n

Reno police had actually checked the house on July 17 but he was not there, the Reno Gazette Journal reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

But the police got a tip Thursday that Ohlson had returned, with witnesses seeing him enter the residence.<\/p>\n

Officers sped to the scene and established a perimeter around the house. They attempted to communicate via loudspeaker and then deployed a K-9.<\/p>\n

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Body cam footage <\/a>of the first visit to the home show an officer using a battering ram to pop open the front door. The officers enter with guns raised and shouting commands. A few days later, officers are back at the home, waiting outside, with a dog searching the area for the suspect.<\/p>\n

The man surrenders himself and is handcuffed into a police vehicle, the video showed.<\/p>\n

Ohlson surrendering himself to Reno police. Facebook\/Reno Police Department<\/p>\n

The home Ohlson was arrested at. Facebook\/Reno Police Department<\/p>\n

Some onlookers ask the cops, \u201cDid you find him?\u201d followed with a \u201cWe love you. Thank you!\u201d for capturing Ohlson.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco kitten was not the only animal Ohlson allegedly tortured.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Ohlson pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to kill or torture a white kitten at a Walmart in Reno. His sentence was suspended in exchange for attending adult drug court.<\/p>\n

A Reno animal group, the Biggest Little Cat Rescue, said earlier this month Ohlson adopted two kittens from them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin days of their adoption, Haven was found abandoned inside his carrier in a dumpster near William Ohlson\u2019s residence in Reno, Nevada,\u201d the group wrote in a social media post. \u201cWashoe County Regional Animal Services responded and took Haven into protective custody while conducting its investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other kitten was not found.<\/p>\n

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