Green Bay, Wisconsin – A Wisconsin man is facing charges for killing his neighbor’s cat, who got into his garage over the weekend. According to Fox 11, 25-year-old Zachary Hallet attacked the cat with a hammer, and strangled the feline, after if wandered into his garage on Sunday.

According to the criminal complaint, the owner of the cat called the police after she witnessed Hallet attacking her cat with a hammer. The woman said Hallet hit the cat with the hammer, strangled it, and then threw the cat near a tree.

Hallet denied any wrongdoing when questioned by the police, but officers found a hammer matching the description given by the cat’s owner in his home, by the front door.

The woman told officers that Hallet had threatened to kill “any animals in his yard” a year ago.

Hallet is charged with mistreatment of an animal causing death. He is due in court on May 20.

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