Ohio Woman Sentenced For Killing And Eating Cat

An Ohio woman accused of killing and eating a cat pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges on Monday.

Allexis T. Ferrell, 27, of Canton, Ohio, was arrested in August after stomping on a cat’s head and then proceeding to eat it.

Initially, Ferrell pleaded not guilty, but on Monday, she pleaded guilty to one charge of animal cruelty.

A judge sentenced her to one year in prison, but was given an additional 18 months due to probation violations for two previous criminal cases.

Remember the woman who ate a cat in a driveway in Ohio? She was just sentenced to 30 months. pic.twitter.com/UIYlG1f3To

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Here’s what Fox 8 News reported:

A Canton woman accused of killing and eating a cat pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of animal cruelty and will now serve more than two years in prison.

Allexis T. Ferrell, 27, of Canton, was arrested in August, accused of “stomping” the cat’s head then eating it, according to a criminal complaint. It happened at a housing complex in the 1100 block of East 13th Street.

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Ferrell was indicted Aug. 21 on a charge of cruelty to companion animals. She initially pleaded not guilty, but on Monday changed her plea to guilty. A judge sentenced her to 12 months in prison, court filings show.

The court ordered an evaluation of “the defendant’s mental condition at the time of the offense,” as well as of Ferrell’s competency to stand trial, records show.

Ferrell was also sentenced Monday on probation violations in two prior cases, which were triggered by the animal cruelty case.

Ferrell was sentenced in April 2023 to three years probation on a felony count of endangering children, court records show. Due to the new conviction, she will now serve an additional 18 months in prison on those charges, for a total sentence of 30 months.

Update: The Ohio woman who killed and ate a cat in August in viral video has pleaded guilty to one felony charge of animal cruelty.

Alexis Ferrell was sentenced to a year in the Stark County jail. pic.twitter.com/swRuEjFYvj

— Andy Ngo 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) December 3, 2024

Per WKYC:

Allexis Ferrell, a 27-year-old Ohio woman who killed and ate a cat in Canton, has been sentenced.

On Monday, Stark County Court of Common Pleas Judge Frank G. Forchione sentenced Ferrell to 12 months in prison.

The sentencing came on Monday after Ferrell pleaded guilty to cruelty to companion animals, a fifth-degree felony.

In April 2023, Ferrell was sentenced to three years of probation for a child endangerment charge. However, her probation was revoked following the new case, resulting in an 18-month prison sentence and bringing her total sentence to 30 months.

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