A teenager was arrested and charged Sunday for allegedly killing a kitten.

Police were called to the Pan American Motel on Route 35 in Eatontown early Saturday by witnesses reporting animal cruelty in one of the hotel rooms. Officers then arrested Rodney Shivers, 18, for allegedly slamming a calico kitten named Pooter against the wall.

Shivers, who was not the owner of the cat, is jailed on $10,000 bail. He was charged with needlessly killing a living creature and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.