Crazy Cat Lady

from WTSP Tampa Bay TV 10

A grandmother is accused of shooting and killing stray cats in her mobile home park. The sheriff is investigating, but nobody's been charged with a crime. Patchen admits shooting three strays but she calls them mercy killings.

That's not the only reason neighbors are nervous about the "granny with a gun."

Valerie Patchen knows her weapons and isn't afraid to use them as the “You will be shot” sign says on both front and back doors.

Patchen says she's been clearing varmints from the park in this manner for two years. She has also killed a possum skunk and raccoons in the neighborhood. The first complaint didn't come in till last Saturday. She says it's no coincidence that complaint came just two hours after pot plants were found in a nearby field.

Patchen says whoever grew the marijuana must have thought she blew the whistle.