Crime & Safety
Illinois Man Stomped Kitten To Death At Train Station: Police
The Southern Illinois man is accused of killing the animal after he was told it wouldn't be allowed on the train.
BELLEVILLE, IL — A southern Illinois man accused of stomping a kitten to death because he wasn't allowed to take it on a light rail train has been charged with felony animal cruelty.
The suspect, 23-year-old DeCarlos Johnson-Foston, is jailed on $75,000 bond.
St. Clair County Sheriff's Capt. Bruce Fleshren says Johnson-Foston was at a Belleville MetroLink station Friday with a kitten on his shoulder.
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A security guard told him the cat would not be allowed on the train. Fleshren says Johnson-Foston slammed the kitten to the platform and stomped on its head, then walked away and left on a bus. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
Police say they tracked him to a bus stop and discovered that he had also stolen a wallet while riding the bus.
Belleville is 15 miles southeast of St. Louis.
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This photo provided by the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department in Belleville, Ill., shows DeCarlos Johnson-Foston, who is accused of stomping a kitten to death at a Belleville, Ill., MetroLink station Friday, June 16, 2017, because he wasn't allowed to take it on a light rail train. Johnson-Foston has been charged with felony animal cruelty. (St. Clair County Sheriff's Department via AP)