Man arrested after cat beaten to death

A man was arrested Tuesday night after acat was fatally beaten in Penbrooke Meadows.

Officers were called to an apartment in the 6200 block of 17th Avenue S.E. around 9:20 p.m. when someone reported hearing screaming.

Officers located and arrested the cat's owner,who is alleged to have struck and killed the animalwith a stick or an object, police said.

Wayne Ogden Huston, 63, has been charged with one count of killing, maiming, wounding or poisoning a domestic cat and one count of unlawfully causing pain or suffering. He's set to appear in court on July 31.

Investigators are reviewing securitycamera footage from the scene.