SHELTON, CT (WFSB) - A man from Shelton was arrested for killing a kitten, police said.
Krzystof Bakota, 47, was charged with first-degree malicious killing of an animal.
Bakota was arrested on Friday.
The arrest stemmed from a report Shelton police took from a family member who said she left her kitten in Bakota's care while she was away.
According to police, Bakota told her that the kitten went missing. It was later found dead in the backyard by another family member.
Bakota admitted to family members that he killed the kitten, police said. He told another family member that the kitten was annoying him so he threw it against a table and then threw it off the back deck.
The kitten's body was taken to the University of Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory for an autopsy.
The report stated in part that the kitten had multiple skull fractures with marked hemorrhage.
The cause of death was due to trauma to the left body wall and pulmonary hemorrhage, police cited.
They said there was evidence of blunt force trauma and it was highly improbable that the kitten was killed by another animal.
Bakota was held on a $25,000 bon and brought to Derby Superior Court for an arraignment on Friday.