(Eden, N.C.) – A 30-year-old Eden man has been charged after police say he neutered his neighbor’s cat.

Investigators say Jordan Thomas Hall was at his neighbor’s house Monday when  homeowner Jamie Dickerson said he planned to take his cat to have him neutered. Hall offered to neuter the cat for Dickerson, but Dickerson declined his offer.

Dickerson and his girlfriend had gone to bed Tuesday when he got up to check on Hall, who was supposed to be sleeping in the living room. Both Hall and the cat were gone. Later, he found his cat bloody and his testicles had been removed. Dickerson became irate and confronted Hall, chasing him out of his house before calling the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office.

The cat was to a local vet for treatment and is expected to survive.

Hall was charged with animal cruelty and placed in the Rockingham County Detention Facility under a $5,000 secured bond. He is set to appear in court on Jan. 24th.