UPDATED: Man Accused Of Throwing Kittens Into Fire, Owner Speaks Out

"[Lucky] loved everybody. He didn't care who you were, he loved on you. He was all an around good pet."

A man accused of throwing several kittens into a fire.

Their owner says he also killed the kittens' father.

The owner says it might stem from an argument over repairs to the suspect's car.

When she came home to find a small fire in her driveway, she was horrified to find what was burning.

Clare County deputies arrested a 60-year-old Harrison man last night.

They say he burned the kittens earlier this month.

9&10's Cody Boyer and photojournalist Melvin Kimbrough spoke with the kittens' owner about the crime.

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Lisa Connors got a call that something was going on at her house.

When she got home, she found a fire burning in the driveway.

"My sister-in-law's dad has been staying with us," Connors says. "He had called my husband and told him there was an emergency at home. 'I need you to come home.'"

Lisa Connors' five kittens were missing and a fire was burning.

To her horror, her kittens were in the flames.

"He attempted to put the fire out," Connors says. "Unfortunately, the kittens were only about six weeks old. There was no way they could have survived."

Their father, Lucky, was gone, too.

"He loved everybody. I kept him because he was blind," Connors says. "He was missing for about three weeks. We searched. We put fliers. I even offered a reward."

It turned out Lucky wasn't far away.

"Mike found him with his neck snapped against the fence line," Connors says.

Lisa thinks the man who did all this was angry over how her husband was fixing his car.

Undersheriff Dwayne Miedzianowski says the suspect has a history of crimes in the area.

Now he'll be arraigned on animal cruelty charges.

"Unfortunately for us, we don't get a lot of things like this," Miedzianowski says. "We feel for the five kittens, of course and the pet owner. It's just a very sad, unfortunate situation."

Until justice is served, Lisa says she is left with many questions…and an empty house.

"Your pet loves you unconditionally. No questions asked," Connors says. "You can get mad at your pet, you can scold them but your pet still loves you unconditionally and in two minutes, they have forgotten. They are back on your lap, loving you. I won't have that again."

The man is still in the Clare County Jail and is being held on a $10,000 bond.

He is expected to be arraigned tomorrow morning.

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A horrific case of animal cruelty.

Deputies say a man threw a bag of kittens into a bonfire.

The owner of a home in Harrison in Clare County says it all happened earlier this month.

The man threw five of her kittens into the fire.

Deputies arrested the man Tuesday night for killing and torturing animals.

He could face four years in prison, a $5,000 fine for killing an animal and a $2,500 fine for each additional animal.

His name will be released after he's arraigned tomorrow.