CRANFORD, NJ — A Cranford man is dealing with several charges after cops state he positioned a dead cat in a local’s mail box in March, cops revealed on Monday, June 5.
After an almost three-month-long examination, Cranford Police Detectives determined Steven Elias, 28, of Cranford, and charged him with third-degree triggering far of illegal physical violence, harassment, and criminal trespass for putting the dead cat inside this mail box on March 12.
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On March 13 at around 8:14 a.m., Cranford Police went to a Collins Street home on the report of a dead cat that was positioned inside a local’s mail box.
Surveillance video recorded somebody walking onto the victim’s property at around 11 p.m. on March 12 with a things in their hand thought to be the dead cat, said cops.
This security video was shared by cops to get leads. You can see security video of the event here.
Elias was provided a summons pending a look in Union County Superior Court.
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