(Butte County, CA) – The Oroville Police Department reports the arrest of 25-year-old Benjamin Beckstrand for allegedly breaking into a home on Sierra Monte Drive and stealing a cat, a rare, hairless Sphinx. Police describe it as a “targeted event.”

The cat, Miss Wednesday, was discovered as the only missing item in the man’s home when he returned last week and found a window broken. He tells Action News a neighbor found and returned Miss Wednesday on Saturday, unharmed.