Sarah Kelly

Iowa City Press-Citizen

Leo A. Nopoulos, an area man who was arrested for allegedly torturing his roommate's cat, was released Thursday morning from the Johnson County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

According to an Iowa City Police Department complaint, a video shows Nopoulos, 21, abusing the cat in his roommate's room "non-stop, for a period lasting longer than three hours." The alleged incident occurred between 8 a.m. Oct. 9 and 9 p.m. October 10 at a residence on Algonquin Road in Iowa City.

The complaint indicates Nopoulos' current address is on Delta Avenue in West Liberty.

A phone number for Nopoulos could not be found.

Nopoulos threw the cat against the ceiling, punched and kicked the cat, and hit the cat with numerous objects, such as a can of air freshener and a remote control, the complaint said.

At one point, police said, the cat gets away, and Nopoulos is seen in the video actively looking for the cat; once he catches it, he continues to abuse it. Police said Nopoulos admitted to abusing the cat to his roommate, his parents and an officer.

Nopoulos is charged with animal torture, an aggravated misdemeanor.