Interesting Info: Joseph Petcka

Joseph Petcka, who is on trial on charges of felony cruelty, claims he was being attacked by the 7-pound pussy named Norman when he pummeled the animal to death.

Joseph Petcka, 37, screamed at his girlfriend, Lisa Altobelli, just before he pummeled 7-pound pussy Norman to death, court papers say.

Former New York Mets baseball minor leaguer Joseph Petcka, 37, is on trial on charges of aggravated cruelty to animals for killing Norman on March 27, 2007, after a night of heavy drinking.

Joseph Petcka is scheduled to go on trial for felony animal cruelty on June 7 at 9:00 a.m.

Joseph Petcka, a 205-pound former Mets draft prospect and actor, is on trial for animal cruelty after he brutally beat an 8-pound domestic, declawed tabby.

But the Manhattan felony animal-cruelty trial of dashing, blue-eyed actor Joseph Petcka — charged with vengefully bludgeoning to death his ex-girlfriend’s cat — is no ordinary trial.

A former Mets minor-leaguer was so jealous of his girlfriend’s pet cat, Norman, that he shouted, “You love that cat more than me” during a drunken fight then brutally beat the tabby to death, prosecutors said yesterday.

A prosecutor from the Mahattan DA’s office called a man who killed his girlfriend’s cat “an angry, jealous, drunken bully” during during opening arguments.

Assistant District Attorney Leila Kermani said the cat named Norman died with broken teeth, broken ribs, a broken leg, a torn tongue, massive internal injuries including bruised lungs and a bruised liver and a chest cavity filled with blood.

Joseph Petcka is charged with felony cruelty in the beating death of Lisa Altobelli’s cat, Norman.

Lawyers for Joseph Petcka say he was acting in self-defense when he killed his girlfriend’s pet.

Apparently Joe Petcka, who used to pitch for the Mets minor league team, became jealous because he wasn’t the only object of his girlfriend’s attention.

Opening statements are slated for Wednesday in the bizarre case, in which Petcka, a burly former Mets farm-team relief pitcher, is insisting he killed the diminutive orange tabby, Norman, in self-defense.

A “Sex and the City ” actor’s claim that he killed his girlfriend’s cat in self-defense suffered a blow Wednesday with revelations that the tabby was declawed.

NEW YORK A trial has begun in the case of a baseball player-turned-actor accused of brutally killing a cat in a jealous rage after complaining that his ex-girlfriend cared more for the feline than she did for him.

In additional to recently killing a cat, Petcka was arrested on domestic assault charges a few years back after grabbing his girlfriend by the throat, throwing her out of his apartment and then slamming the door on her finger.

Norman’s heartbroken owner, Lisa Altobelli, told a Manhattan Supreme Court jury a far different story Wednesday, describing Petcka’s jealous rage toward the creature.

A bit-part actor and former Mets minor leaguer went on trial Tuesday on charges of killing his girlfriend’s beloved cat in a jealous rage.

Still, the table-waiting actor insists he was justified in kicking the little cat to get it off him after Norman chomped down on his right hand.

Petcka’s lawyer argued that the cat, Norman, actually bit his client’s hand, making Petcka’s reaction justified.

Joe Petcka who was drafted by the Amazin’s in 1992 before taking up acting and getting a bit part on “Sex and the City” savaged the helpless animal two weeks ago in a downtown apartment, authorities said.

She took her purse and ran out of the apartment after warning Petcka to leave or she would call the police, Altobelli said.

Now, any man would probably become a little upset if their girl wanted to hang to with some dude named Norman, but they would most likely understand when they found out that Norman was a kitty cat.

The 36-year-old Brooklyn man who has appeared in “Sex and the City” was in court on Dec 14, turning down an offer of three months in jail on charges he beat his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Norman, to death in her Greenwich Street apartment in March.

Petcka decided that he would simply eliminate his rival and so, while his girlfriend was at work, Petcka snuck into her apartment and he pounded that pussy mercilessly.

Last year, 205-pound Joseph Petcka was accused of killing his girlfriend’s cat in a jealous rage.

She described an earlier incident that happened after she had been dating Petcka who once appeared on “Sex and the City” and in Brawny paper towel ads for several weeks.

Apparently Petcka thinks he’s an actor, but his Hollywood career is going about as good as his baseball career went.

The ruggedly handsome Petcka, who has appeared in Brawny paper towel ads and “Sex and the City,” claims he acted in self-defense after the cat tried to bite him inside Altobelli’s SoHo apartment.

After some drinking, Petcka, 36, and his girlfriend, Sports Illustrated reporter Lisa Altobelli, had a rip-roaring fight.