{"id":244403,"date":"2026-05-26T21:24:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/244403\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:24:33","slug":"nyc-sicko-accused-of-throwing-family-cat-shadow-out-15th-story-window-to-its-death-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/244403\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC sicko accused of throwing family cat &#8216;Shadow&#8217; out 15th-story window to its death: DA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Bronx sicko is accused of chucking his family\u2019s cat out the window of his 15th-floor apartment in a fit of rage after the feline scratched his hand.<\/p>\n<p>Miguel Perez, 32, was indicted Tuesday for the fatal toss of the small black cat named Shadow out of a Bronx public housing unit in March, the Bronx District Attorney\u2019s Office announced. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39492657\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bronx-man-cat-thrown-15th-floor-feat.jpg\" alt=\"City street with tall brick residential buildings, parked cars, and a red FDNY Fire Marshal truck.\" class=\"wp-image-39492657\"  \/>Miguel Perez is accused of throwing his family\u2019s cat out a 15th-story window of the Mitchell Housing Complex in the Bronx. Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>Perez reportedly became enraged after the family pet scratched his hand on the morning of March 4 and threw the cat out the 15th-story window of the Mitchell Housing Complex on Alexander Avenue. Shadow died on impact with the pavement, prosecutors said. <\/p>\n<p>The alleged cat killer was arraigned last Thursday on charges of aggravated cruelty to animals and torturing and injuring animals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are supposed to love and care for our companion animals,\u201d Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllegedly, in a fit of rage, this defendant tossed the family\u2019s cat out of his apartment window, causing the animal\u2019s death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.8584392;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39492679\" width=\"1024\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bronx-man-cat-thrown-15th-floor-01.jpg\" alt=\"Overhead view of the Mitchel Housing Office and surrounding residential area in the Bronx.\" class=\"wp-image-39492679\"  \/>The small black cat named Shadow died upon impact.  Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe abuse of animals will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perez is due back in court on July 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Bronx sicko is accused of chucking his family\u2019s cat out the window of his 15th-floor apartment in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[26320,3121,128,6122,57,9,24,63,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-244403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-animal","tag-animal-abuse","tag-bronx","tag-cat","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}