SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A jury in Polk County has convicted a man of poisoning cats with antifreeze in West Salem.

The Salem Statesman Journal reports (http://stjr.nl/1M77VAn ) that Antonio Ramos-Perez was arrested in January after nine cats died.

Ramos-Perez was convicted of nine counts of animal abuse and was acquitted of nine counts of aggravated animal abuse.

He's scheduled to be sentenced later this month.