Authorities have arrested a man after saying he admitted to killing his cat and trying to drink its blood.

Officers responded around 1:30 p.m. on New Year's Day to an apartment in the 2700 block of Bicentennial Drive for a welfare check after the landlord called police about a tenant.

The tenant, identified as 36-year-old Justin Jacoby, admitted to police he choked his cat to death with a rope, according to the criminal complaint.

"[Jacoby] stated he killed the cat to satisfy his blood craving, and to keep the animal from having to go to an animal shelter upon his eviction from the apartment," officers wrote in the charging document.

Police also wrote they noticed a "small amount" of dried blood on Jacoby's face.

Jacoby is charged with animal torture, a serious misdemeanor.

He remained in the Black Hawk County jail as of Thursday afternoon. A judge set his bond at $10,000 cash or surety.