An East Providence man who police believe sent disturbing and obscene photos and messages to a 15-year-old girl faces a host of charges this week, including intimidation of a witness.

Anthony Michael Stravato, 24, of 11 Chedell Drive, was arrested by Warren police last Tuesday, July 21, and charged with cyberstalking and cyberharassment, intimidation of a witness and electronically disseminating indecent material to minors.

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Deputy Warren Police Chief Joseph Loiselle said police learned that Mr. Stravato had allegedly sent “disturbing” messages to the girl through social media, in which he wrote of harming and mutilating animals.

In addition, he “made comments that were threatening to the young lady, as well as sending an obscene photo to her.”

The intimidation of a witness charge stems from a message a friend of the girl’s allegedly received, in which Mr. Stravato “construed that if there was interference on that person’s part, he would be harmed,” Deputy Chief Loiselle said.

Mr. Stravato was arraigned on Friday, July 24 and was represented by a public defender. A no contact order was put in place and he was remanded to the ACI.

Mr. Stravato is not a stranger to police. He was charged last October with killing his family’s cat, an elderly calico name Cuddles, in Riverside. According to EPPD Lt. Raymond Blinn, Mr. Stravato stole Cuddles at approximately 2 a.m. one day last October, and took the animal to a secluded wooded area where he repeatedly kicked it. When that didn’t kill the cat, he beat it with a log, dislodging an eye from its socket. Lt. Blinn wrote that Mr. Stravato proceeded to cut the eye from the animal, then set the limp carcass on fire. Reports at the time were that he killed the family cat in hopes of impressing a girl at school.

Apart from that incident, he pleaded no contest earlier this year to a cyberstalking charge filed by Bristol police. In addition, Warren, Bristol and East Providence police have charged him at various times since 2011 with vandalism, simple assault, trespassing, attempted breaking and entering, felony assault, felony conspiracy and disorderly conduct.