Visalia man gets 4 years in prison for killing cat with clothes dryer
A Visalia man was sentenced to four years in state prison on Thursday by a Tulare County Superior Court judge after putting a cat inside a dryer and turning the machine on.
Rock Rowland, 31, was convicted in May of one count of animal cruelty with a special allegation that he used a deadly weapon.
After an argument with his mother on Dec. 21, 2015, Rowland placed his mother’s cat inside a dryer and turned the machine on, killing the cat.
Megan Ginise: 559-441-6614
This story was originally published June 23, 2016 at 6:30 PM with the headline "Visalia man gets 4 years in prison for killing cat with clothes dryer."