El Paso man arrested for allegedly attacking cat with knife

An El Paso man was arrested on animal cruelty charges after allegedly stabbing a cat in downtown El Paso, authorities said.

Krystopher Nathan Torres, 21, was arrested on animal cruelty charges Thursday, July 19, after allegedly stabbing a cat in the 3000 block of Douglas Avenue, El Paso police officials said.

Officers with the El Paso Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Investigation Unit responded to a report of a man stabbing a cat at around 12:50 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17, officials said.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found the cat dead. Torres fled the scene before officers arrived, officials said.

They then received information that Torres was involved in a car accident in the 11,000 block of Gateway Boulevard West in East El Paso.

Torres was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty. He was booked into the El Paso County Jail on Thursday, July 18, on $100,000 bail, according to jail records. He has not yet paid bail and remains in jail as of Friday, July 19, according to jail records.

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