June 2026 – Miguel Perez, 32, was arraigned on May 21 on charges of aggravated cruelty to animals and torturing and injuring animals before Bronx Supreme Court for causing the death of his family’s cat by allegedly throwing the animal out of his 15th floor apartment window after the cat scratched him. According to the investigation, Perez became upset after Shadow, his family’s small black cat, scratched his hand and allegedly threw the cat out of a window of the 15th floor apartment, causing its death when it hit the pavement below. Perez is due back in court in July 2026.