Fact Check: No 'Haitian Immigrant' Was Charged With Eating A Cat In Ohio In 2024; U.S.-Born Woman Arrested On Animal Cruelty Charges
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Was a Haitian immigrant charged with eating a cat in Ohio in 2024? No, that's not true: A background check on a woman Canton, Ohio, police arrested in August 2024 for allegedly torturing, killing and eating a cat showed that she was born in the U.S. There are no reports of anyone in Ohio's immigrant community eating any pets.
The claim appeared in a post and video (archived here) posted on X, formerly Twitter, on September 8, 2024. The video's caption said:
A Haitian immigrant in Ohio ate her neighbors cat.
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