23 Crafty Cats Caught Committing Crimes and Making Their Owners Lives Hilariously Difficult

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Aug 23, 2024 9:00 AM EDT

Yes, you have read the title correctly. This listicle is indeed all about cats committing crimes. No, that's not a metaphor, it's not a joke. We're being literal. Cats are criminals, and they are shameless criminals at that. Cats will steal food right off your plates. Cats will steal dogs' beds from them without any reason. Cats will commit full-blown robberies and steal sausages from grocery stores. We have seen it! But we knew that, as much as we have seen, there had to be more. 

So, we asked you guys - our pawmazing ICHC readers, to tell us about the most heinous crimes that your cats have committed. We knew that you would not disappoint us with your answers, and you definitely did not. We expected some crazy shenanigans, things that our cats would deserve serving time for, but we did not expect this level of ridiculousness and hilarity. We truly did not. 

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  • 01
    Heather Newman Kuhl Kidnapping. She actually caught a small owl!! It was perched on a bookcase. I was able to wrap a towel around it and release it back outside.
    via Heather Newman Kuhl

    This is indeed a case of obvious kidnapping. A crime of the highest degree. And to capture an animal as regal and wonderful as the owl! Mean, criminal, but… impressive, we do have to say. As small as the owl may have been, its fierceness cannot be understated. 

  • 02
    �Top fan Jody Cooley When Mash was a kitten, hubs sat down his container of popcorn chicken on his desk to go to the bathroom. Hubs came back and the chicken was gone. Mash was carrying it by the handle in his mouth and trying to take it through the pet door.
    via Jody Cooley

    Now, this crime might even be worst. Because while the owl could be saved from the cat and released back into the wild, the popcorn chicken cannot be returned to its rightful owner. This is tragic is what it is, as well as hilarious. 

  • 03
    Corinne Patton She brought a live mouse into my husband's closet. That in itself isn't so funny, but if you could have seen the two of us (and the cat) trying to get the mouse out of closet...well use your imagination.
    via Corinne Patton
  • 04
    �Top fan Jamie Belden Assault and Battery: accidentally knocked a 10-lb metal lamp onto my husband's sleeping face 5 feet down (lamp was knocked off the dresser, mattress was on the floor). The pointed finial on top punctured his cheek and he had to get X-rayed to make sure his face wasn't fractured.
    via Jamie Belden
  • 05
    Top fan Heather Lennox Releasing a Cricket into the house. My father was always claiming how brave he was and that we were wimps. So, we sent him to catch the Cricket. His screams as he was trying to catch it and couldn't as he kept flinching away whenever it jumped!!! In the end it was my mother who grabbed the Cricket with her hands, while I grabbed the Cat from chasing the Cricket and bringing it back in. It didn't help that we were laughing so hard we could barely move.
    via Heather Lennox
  • 06
    Crystal Harper I had just put hamburger meat in a skillet to brown. Turned around to cut up onions. Turn back around and my cat was in the skillet. On top of the meat in the skillet with ALL 4 FEET! Had to eat out that evening.
    via Crystal Harper
  • 07
    Anita Thorn Flooded my bathroom. We were still slowly integrating our Cat Distribution System arrival into our gang of three. Little Daisy had a room of her own at night, an unused bathroom. Little brat turned the sink on and the drain stopper was closed ...I opened the door to a waterfall running down the bathroom cabinet and flooding part of the room next door.
    via Anita Thorn
  • 08
    Margaret Ahrnsbrak Three weeks after I adopted Tibbers, we had ham for Christmas. While we were eating in the dining room, she tried to steal about three pounds of it from the kitchen. She might have made it but it made a loud noise when she dropped it. She was not happy when I took it away!
    via Margaret Ahrnsbrak
  • 09
    Carrie Jacks My twin voids nearly put me in labor laughing when Gideon had a bag on him and was chasing Sable around.. of course I "saved" him from the bag but it was pretty funny
    via Carrie Jacks
  • 10
    Gina Steffani Flooded my basement. He decided to use the sump pit in the basement as his own kitty jacuzzi, jammed the pump and flooded my basement a foot deep in water.
    via Gina Steffani
  • 11
    Marianne Smith Jumping into the toilet...after I just used it. Law broken: disorderly conduct
    via Marianne Smith
  • 12
    Annie Brubaker Our old cat figured out she could turn off our computers with just a flip of the switch on the surge protector. So if we were playing a game together and not paying enough attention to her, she'd walk on over and *poof*
    via Annie Brubaker
  • 13
    Rebecca Susan Meyers My credit card went missing. We looked everywhere! A couple days later, it showed up in the middle of our living room carpet. We couldn't prove it, but we were pretty sure it was the cat!
    via Rebecca Susan Meyers
  • 14
    Deborah May Lloyd Giving me a live mouse on my sleeping form and freaking me out. I threw the mouse away. The next night my cat made sure the mouse was dead this time before giving it to me on my sleeping form. I did freak but I laughed this time. My cat, my sweet cat, was trying to be accommodating
    via Deborah May Lloyd
  • 15
    Laura Parkin Kitten napping.... adult male is snatching the semi feral children I brought home and struggle snuggling them under the bed.
    via Laura Parkin
  • 16
    Nicole Curtis Mine used to play the answering machine, so when I would get home it would not show any new calls. I then wouldn't check it. Caused lots of problems
    via Nicole Curtis
  • 17
    Lori Lynn Trahan Two weeks ago I took some cash out of the small bank I keep at the house. I was in a hurry, so I counted out what I needed and left the rest on my bed to be put away when I got home. I got home late, so gushy food dinner was VERY late. Cayenne jumped on the bed and peed right on the bills to express her extreme displeasure. Whole new meaning to money laundering happened in my house that day. 18 months ago she was a scrawny kitten in a swamp in FL hunting for every meal. Now she
    via Lori Lynn Trahan
  • 18
    Brian Gardner We have a mail slot that drops the mail to the floor. Nixie would steal the mail and hide it in various parts of the house.
    via Brian Gardner
  • 19
    Rooella DeVille Puked on the wifi router, instantly killing it. Caused mass chaos in a house full of gaming teens. Funny, not funny
    via Rooella DeVille
  • 20
    �Top fan Karen Sorensen Stole my Cheetos then tried to act innocent with bright orange whiskers
    via Karen Sorensen
  • 21
    Jay Wilson My dude stole my car keys once and laid on them so I was late for work. One time he came packing in a dollar bill. Never figured out who he stole money from
    via Jay Wilson
  • 22
    Karen Jashyn Marvin tore up a whole roll of toilet paper and framed his teddy bear.
    via Karen Jashyn
  • 23
    Tight rope walking on my canopy bed. Jessie Mccauley A
    via Jessie Mccauley

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