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Marine charged with tossing kitten against wall

SAN DIEGO — Authorities say a Marine is facing a felony animal cruelty charge after they say he threw a kitten into a wall at a friend’s house last year.

Fernando Pacheco, 27, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in San Diego Superior Court.

Candice Eley of the San Diego Humane Society said the 4-month-old kitten, named Cullen, was brought into an emergency animal hospital in June 2009 with a broken leg, head trauma and a bloody nose.

Cullen’s owners told authorities that Pacheco threw the male kitten 15 feet across their patio after the animal scratched or bit him.

The cat has fully recovered. The family said it paid about $5,000 in veterinary bills.

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