STATE POLICE ARREST DERRY TOWNSHIP MAN FOR KILLING PET CAT

State police arrested a man on charges related to the killing of a pet cat in Derry Township.  The Trib reports that 27-year-old Tyler Rost-Maiolie was seen by a witness standing in the middle of Guthrie Road firing a pistol multiple times in the air.  In an investigation, State Troopers learned that he admitted to killing the family’s pet cat and burning its remains in a fire pit.  Bail was set at $50,000 during an arraignment hearing yesterday and Rost-Maiolie is now in Westmoreland County Prison.  A preliminary hearing is set for April 22nd.