Woman Arrested for Allegedly Strangling Cat in Apartment Lobby [Video]

A woman in Washington was arrested after police allegedly found her abusing a cat in an apartment complex.

In a statement shared on social media on Thursday, Sept. 12, the Vancouver Police Department said the woman had been detained after she was allegedly seen “strangling a cat.”

The department said that detectives with its domestic violence unit had gone to a residential complex “for an unrelated call for service” when an apartment manager informed them about a “tenant who was seen in the lobby strangling a cat.”

Detectives said they were eventually able to locate the woman, and they arrested her on charges of animal cruelty.

The cat, whose name is Apollo, is “fortunately okay” and was transported to a local humane society, police said.

According to a police report obtained by KPTV, the woman arrested for the incident was identified as 34-year-old Amanda Nichole Blanco. 

A bystander who lives at the apartment building told the outlet that she and others contacted Vancouver …