A Mesa man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of bestiality involving a cat, according to Maricopa County court records.

Authorities received a call from someone who heard the man, later identified as 40-year-old Michael Navage, calling for help, the record say. The caller told police Navage had taken his cat into the bathroom and called out for help, stating the cat was stuck on his penis, according to the records, which includes a probable cause statement from Mesa police.

The caller told police he heard Navage shouting expletives at the cat and that the cat sounded as if it were in distress, the statement said.

Officials arrived at his apartment near University Drive and Lindsay Road in Mesa, Navage refused to allow officers to enter, according to records.

Authorities were able to enter the residence and found Navage standing in the middle of the bathroom with a cat partially wrapped in a towel near his genital area, records show.

Navage told authorities he was drying off the cat, records state.

Navage later told authorities he was in the shower with the cat but denied any sexual activity with the cat, records show.

During an exam of the feline, a veterinarian observed that the cat had sustained injuries to its genitalia, according to records.

While at the scene, officers observed a small bag containing a crystal-like substance, which officers believed to be methamphetamine, according to the statement.

Navage said he did not want to disclose whether the methamphetamines belonged to him or the other men residing at the apartment, though he did admit to having used them, the statement added.

According to records, Navage voluntarily allowed authorities to search his suitcase, where officers found identification, credit cards and a checkbook, none of which belonged to him.

Officers also found a counterfeit $100 bill, which Navage later said he received from someone else and was aware that it was forged, the statement said.

Navage was taken into custody and transported to the Mesa Police Department, where officials said he admitted to selling methamphetamines and having other residents in the apartment sell $150 worth of methamphetamines for him, records show.

Navage told police he has sold drugs and would exchange the drugs in order to be provided a place to reside and access to a shower, officials said.

Navage is facing charges of bestiality and animal cruelty, as well as charges of possession of a dangerous drug, possession of a dangerous drug for sale and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to records.

Navage was released on bond of $3,500, records stated. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for April 1.