People who love their cats really, really, really love their cats. But how far would you go to get yours back?

Police are investigating a suspected case of “catnapping” after a Warren man allegedly climbed through a bedroom window to snatch a cat that he said rightfully belonged to him.

It all began just before 1 p.m. Sunday, when a Vernon Street man called police to report that his cat had been stolen. The man told police that he was home when he heard sounds coming from his bedroom window. Investigating, Warren Deputy Police Chief Joseph Loiselle said, the caller told police that he looked in the bedroom and “saw a pair of hands lifting his window and then coming in. (The alleged thief) grabbed his cat off the nightstand and went back out the window.”

The caller gave chase and caught up with the man, who was still carrying the orange tiger cat in his arms, in the street. When he confronted him, the man said the cat was his, but he’d lost him back in July.

The caller told a different story. He told the man that the cat showed up at his house two months ago, in rough shape. With no collar or other identifying tags, he tried to find the owner to no avail, went to animal control to report finding the cat, and ultimately paid veterinary bills to take care of some of the feline’s health problems.

When no one stepped forward to claim the cat, the man said he assumed it was his to keep.

When he confronted the cat grabber with that information, the man reportedly turned the cat back over but said he would be calling the animal control department to have police sort it all out. Police are still investigating the proper ownership, and what the next step should be.