Two-Week Stakeout Before Cat Robbery Raises Premeditation Question

A man arrested for attempting to rob a Maryland bank with a stolen kitten had visited the pet store daily for roughly two weeks beforehand, focusing on the three-month-old tuxedo kitten each time, Pet Supplies Plus staff told NBC Washington. The pattern complicates investigators' inquiry into whether the cat's theft was planned as part of the robbery scheme or seized opportunistically once the suspect decided to act on July 13.