MONTEVALLO, Alabama - The now-former University of Montevallo student accused of causing the dead cats found at the institution's campus last month "dismembered" one of the animals discovered near the president's residence, according to court documents.

In another accusation, Christian Todd Slaton "hung up for display" a cat by the main quad's flag pole in the middle of campus, court documents stated.

The 19-year-old Montevallo man, who has been kicked out and banned from the university's premises following an investigation into the matter, faces four felony charges of first-degree cruelty to animals. All of the charges deal specifically with torturing cats.

Authorities arrested Slaton on Tuesday and booked him into the Shelby County jail. He posted bond of $5,000 on each of the charges to facilitate his release the same day, according to records.

A message left on the phone number listed for Slaton in court documents was not returned. An attorney for Slaton was not listed in the documents.

He is due to appear in Shelby County District Court on Dec. 12, according to his release information.

The university's police department issued a crime alert Oct. 25 about the animal cruelty cases after the separate discoveries of three dead cats that had been killed.

Montevallo's director of university relations, Jamie Bessette, last month said the discovery of the first dead cat happened on Oct. 16, with the second and third carcasses subsequently turning up a few days apart.

The locations were Flowerhill by the university's president's home, near a flag pole on the main quad and at the "Becoming" statue.

The university on Oct. 31 announced that a suspect had been identified, and Bessette later said it was a student who was suspended and banned from campus as a result of the investigation.

Allegations contained in the arrest warrants filed in court list the cat discovery locations including the flag pole, the Flowerhill lawn and another in a wooded area near off-campus apartments in Montevallo where Slaton lives.

Bessette this morning said the university is "proud that the police department and Chief Chadd Adams and his officers did a great job in keeping the campus safe and secure and tracking this down. We're relieved this is behind us and can certainly start looking forward," he said.

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