Man accused of killing kitten after it pulled plug on his video game

**Kugyince** · 06-03-2010, 04:03 AM

STAUNTON — Police arrested a Staunton man late Monday night after he reportedly killed a kitten that interrupted his video game, according to an arrest report.

Bruce Jamar Walston, 21, of 128 College Circle, Apt. 1, is charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty and disorderly conduct.
Staunton authorities were called to Walston's apartment at 9 p.m. after his girlfriend phoned 911. Police said Walston apparently became enraged when the woman's kitten disconnected his video game. Walston is accused of killing the kitten by hurling it against a wall.

"In front of her kids," said Officer Lisa Klein of the Staunton Police Department.

Walston, who had been free on bond in connection with a January breaking and entering charge, is being held without bond at Middle River Regional Jail in Verona.

Debbie Caywood, director of the Augusta Regional SPCA, said her organization doesn't come across physically abused animals on a regular basis, and said accounts of torturing animals "is very rare in this area as far as what we deal with."

Police arrested Walston earlier this year after he was suspected of assaulting two people at his apartment building and beating one of the victims with a vacuum sweeper. According to police, Walston and Sylvestor Gentry, 25, of Staunton, kicked in a door at Apt. 3, knocking down a 36-year-old man who was beaten with the sweeper. Klein said a 54-year-old woman also was knocked to the floor, where she was punched and kicked.

"She was struck several times," Klein said.

Walston and Gentry have a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 25 in Staunton General District Court on felony charges of breaking and entering with intent to commit assault.

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**nikegirl2012** · 06-03-2010, 08:09 AM

Bad gamer, bad!!!

**samejamesbond** · 06-03-2010, 08:13 AM

That's disturbing, that cat didn't deserve it's demise.

**joz** · 06-03-2010, 08:18 AM

I remember one time back in the day, I was playing Super Street Fighter on my SNES and was duking it out with Bison for the first time. It was round 3 and I was really close to beating him. I was in the "zone" and closing in for the kill when out of nowhere my pet chicken jumped across the screen! Making me lose....I was soo

that I swung my controller at the

. I missed and shattered my controler. True story.

**samejamesbond** · 06-03-2010, 08:19 AM

Chickens are tough animals to own, they make huge messes.

**joz** · 06-03-2010, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by samejamesbond

Chickens are tough animals to own, they make huge messes.

It's ok. They make up for it when I eat them.

**samejamesbond** · 06-03-2010, 08:26 AM

Of Course.

**CatalystiCam** · 06-03-2010, 09:05 AM

It's people like this that wreck it all for people that actually aren't insane with games. A man killed a baby over a game months back too. Just terrible.

**Tails** · 06-03-2010, 09:22 AM

Did you live on a farm Joz, or did you Cock fight?

**joz** · 06-03-2010, 09:42 AM

No farm and no cock fights. I won the chicken when it was still a chick at a local fair. I lived close to the city limits and farm animals are somewhat acceptable there.

**Tails** · 06-03-2010, 09:51 AM

oh sweet.

**samejamesbond** · 06-03-2010, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jozman3000

No farm and no cock fights. I won the chicken when it was still a chick at a local fair. I lived close to the city limits and farm animals are somewhat acceptable there.

Lucky you.

**Kong** · 06-03-2010, 12:25 PM

How does a kitten disconnect a game?

This has nothing to do with games. If the kitten had interrupted him while knitting, it would still be dead. Some people are just nuts, with or without games.

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Originally Posted by jozman3000

I won the chicken when it was still a chick at a local fair.

I missed a "t" in that sentence the first time I read it and I thought you were trying to tell us something completely different.

**Winnebagel** · 06-03-2010, 02:53 PM

I wonder what game he was playing? I hope it wasn't Fester's Quest, or he might get off on temporary insanity.

I think there's probably a special place in hell for people who beat kids, kill kittens or dogs, and go into politics. At least I hope there is.

**joz** · 06-03-2010, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Winnebagel

I think there's probably a special place in hell for people who beat kids, kill kittens or dogs, and go into politics. At least I hope there is.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N08DxACRFOg]YouTube - Little Nicky[/ame][ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N08DxACRFOg"][/ame]

**samejamesbond** · 06-03-2010, 03:37 PM

That movie was priceless. +1.

**Dudebro** · 06-03-2010, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Kong

I missed a "t" in that sentence the first time I read it and I thought you were trying to tell us something completely different.

Maybe the T was a typo?

About the story, I just wish people faced harsher crimes for animal cruelty. I know most people don't think animals are equal to humans but it's a life being tortured and/or killed, we should not be so lenient with that.

**Demon-Mask** · 06-03-2010, 06:06 PM

Killing kittens is wrong. The guy was mad, I'm sure the cat would have had the same horrible fate no matter what the guy was doing.

I couldn't help but laugh a little at the thought of someone throwing a cat at a wall. I don't mean to seem heartless, something about it just came of as funny, like a joke.

**Kugyince** · 06-03-2010, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Tails

Did you live on a farm Joz, or did you Cock fight?

He did both, no chickens involved in the latter though.

Someone had to do it.

**Dudebro** · 06-03-2010, 06:24 PM

Meh, isn't it called sword fighting? Cock fighting is too obvious.

**Demon-Mask** · 06-03-2010, 06:24 PM

And you beat me to it.

**Kugyince** · 06-03-2010, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Dudebro

Meh, isn't it called sword fighting? Cock fighting is too obvious.

I prefer to make little lightsaber noises.

NSFW:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S25Zf8svHZQ]YouTube - SpaceBalls Schwartz Fight[/ame]

**Demon-Mask** · 06-03-2010, 06:41 PM

Emphasis on the little for Tenser.

**Kugyince** · 06-03-2010, 06:47 PM

The secret is to tell them that your sword is only two inches so when they see it's actually three inches they're pleasently surprised.

**nikegirl2012** · 06-03-2010, 06:49 PM

I'll be honest with you guys... when I say smaller I used to hit my cat when it "misbehaved"... not hard, but I'd get really mad at it and couldn't help it... and every time I felt horrible for doing it and sometimes I cried. Until one day when I accidentally hurt my cat when hugging it. I can't describe the sound it made, it was fast and she didn't get scared or mad, but it made my heart shrink horribly and I realized I never wanted to hurt my cat again, no matter what. Ever since, I defended my cats when my mom hit them until she stopped also, and I can't take it if I see someone hitting their dog or cat because they "misbehaved".

I don't get how people can do something like this and not feel horrible about it.

Oh, and kitties love cables... I can easily imagine kitty getting excited and pulling a bit too hard on the cable