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Cat owner's purrfect way to mellow out his pet... stuff it in a giant home-made drug pipe and blow marijuana smoke over it



A cat owner who stuffed his pet into a home-made drug pipe and blew marijuana smoke over it to 'mellow it out' is facing criminal charges.

Acea Schomaker, 20, was arrested after police caught him smoking the drug from a contraption that had a cat stuffed inside its 12-inch by 6-inch base.

He told sheriff's deputies the 6-month-old female - named Shadow - had been 'hyper' and that he was trying to calm her down.

The cat was taken to an animal clinic in the U.S. city of Omaha, where she is said to be in good condition.

Deputies discovered the cat trapped in the device after responding to a domestic disturbance call at a residence the suspect shares with his grandfather, Sergeant Andy Stebbing said.

Deputies resolved the dispute and left the house, but they returned minutes later after discovering there was an arrest warrant on the suspect for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Upon re-entering the house, Stebbing said, deputies saw the suspect smoking marijuana through a piece of garden hose attached to the duct-taped, plastic glass box, in which the cat had been stuffed.

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