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Hello and welcome to True Crime Daily's my favorite case everyone in the world of true crime has a story to tell

About a case that they worked on summer high profile some you have never heard of

But they are all fascinating today's case is about the cat lady versus the firefighter which made some huge headlines

The man who prosecuted this case is our guest Joshua Ritter is now a criminal defense attorney

But back in 2015 he was a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office

Josh welcome to the program. Thank you so much for having me

Okay, Josh, so I know why this is my favorite case, but why is it your favorite case?

You know, it's it's funny because it certainly wasn't the most serious case I had at the office

I mean there was it's not murder. There's no dead bodies

It certainly wasn't the most complex case that I ever dealt with

But talk about a case with all of the elements that make for good human drama

You know you have these characters that I'm you're we're gonna get into on both sides of this that

Are so conflicted you have this firefighter you can't imagine a person who's chosen a more respectable a career path

Who then commits what is a shocking crime in my opinion and then you have this woman who's

You know outfeeding cats. I don't know if you can think of a more kind of innocent behavior

Who also has some some troubles of her own that lead to this just kind of moment and that's why I think this thing will always stick with me

And it was all caught on camera

That's the amazing part and when you hear the versions of what happened and then you see the surveillance camera

You're like, oh my god. This really got so heated and out of control

over neighbors fighting over feeding stray cats

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