A man with a long criminal history, including for stealing 10-day-old kittens in 2021, has been charged in relation to a serious assault in Abbotsford.
Court records indicate that Kao Macaulay, 25, has been charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and uttering threats.
Const. Art Stele, media officer with the Abbotsford Police Department, said the alleged incident occurred on April 14 of this year just after 11 p.m. in the 2900 block of Clearbrook Road.
He said police arrived on scene and found a 44-year-old man with serious injuries “indicative of being attacked with an edged weapon.” He was taken to hospital.
Stele said the suspect was identified and was later located and arrested.
Macaulay remains in custody, with his trial scheduled to start Oct. 21 in Abbotsford.
He was first in the news in B.C. for stealing five 10-day-old kittens from an Abbotsford home in March 2021. Other items taken from the residence included computers, clothes, shoes, passport and an Apple TV.
Police released video surveillance of the thief, and he was identified as Macaulay.
All the kittens were located and returned to the family.
Macaulay was charged with break-and-enter, to which he later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year of probation.
He was next in the news on March 22, 2023, when he was the subject of a four-hour police standoff.
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At the time, Macaulay was wanted on a warrant for breaching his probation, and police showed up to arrest him at a townhouse and apartment complex on Clearbrook Road.
He refused to come out of the residence, but he was arrested after members of the Integrated Emergency Response Team entered the townhouse and located him in the attic.
Macaulay was sentenced in November 2023 to time served and 18 months’ probation.
He has numerous prior convictions, including for possession of stolen property, theft, assault, robbery, break-and-enter, escaping lawful custody and car theft, as well as multiple counts of breaching his bail and probation conditions.
According to previous media reports, in March 2019, Macaulay was charged in Nova Scotia – where his brother was living – with possession for the purpose of trafficking in hydromorphone (an opioid used to treat severe pain). His brother was also charged, and Macaulay was sent back to B.C.
The following month, when he was living in Chilliwack, Macaulay was named one of B.C.’s top 10 auto-crime offenders of the year by the police Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team. Police described him as a “prolific offender.”
