Department of Environmental Management issues warning as convicted cat killer gets out

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Anthony Stravato and Alyssa LaMountain. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management photos

State: Convicted cat killer may kill again; animal shelters, pet stores warned

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — State officials are warning animal shelters and the public about a sex offender, convicted of torturing and killing small animals, and his girlfriend, who's charged with desecrating gravestones.

They believe that Anthony Stravato, 25, of East Providence, will kill again, and that his girlfriend, Alyssa LaMountain, 20, of Warren, may help him by adopting or buying animals.

Stravato was released on Friday from the Adult Correctional Institutions after serving at least eight months, and LaMountain was arraigned Tuesday on charges including stealing gravestones from a cemetery in Warren. She is also under investigation after Warren police found animal bones in a glass jar and wooden box at her house at 6 Greenhouse Court, according to an affidavit file in District Court accompanying a search warrant.

A witness told Warren police that LaMountain had talked about cruel things that she and Stravato did to cats, and that she used an ax that she kept in her bedroom, according to the affidavit. The witness said he found cat paws inside a ziplock bag inside the mini-refrigerator in her bedroom, the affidavit said.

Read more: http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20160810/state-convicted-cat-killer-may-kill-again-animal-shelters-pet-stores-warned