Armed man invades pet shelter near Melbourne, Australia

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Armed man in military gear invades pet shelter, asks where all the cats are
On Tuesday, a suspect was arrested when he showed up at the same shelter to claim a cat he said was “a support animal for a friend with mental health issues,” according to the Australian news site News.com.

Tony Wittmann, 44, a former soldier, was charged in Melbourne Magistrates Court with kidnapping, false imprisonment, aggravated burglary, armed robbery and firearm offenses connected with the incident at the Lost Dogs Home in Cranbourne.

The on-call employee — a 23-year-old woman — was approached in the shelter’s parking lot around 10:20 p.m. Monday by a man in camouflage clothing, a balaclava and a helmet, the Guardian reported. Believing he was a police officer, she got out of her car. The man then displayed his rifle and ordered her into the shelter, where he forced her to kneel, tied her hands with zip ties and demanded to know where the cats were.

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