PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WMDJ) – A Prestonsburg man was arrested earlier this month after he allegedly tortured a cat.

Floyd County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Mendoza Perz, 20, at the Burchett Trailer Court following a complaint that a man was attacking a cat.

Deputies were provided video evidence by a witness of the attack and took Perz into custody on one felony count of torturing an animal.