LEWISTON – A man who used a crowbar to kill a cat last summer has been sentenced to serve 21 days in jail for the attack.

Dwight McCallister, 49, of 74 Pierce St., was sentenced in Androscoggin County Superior Court after he was convicted of aggravated cruelty to animals.

Police said that on the afternoon of Aug. 29, McCallister hurled an iron bar at a stray cat on Pierce Street. The tool struck the cat and the animal ultimately died from its injuries, police said. McCallister then hurled the cat over a fence.

He was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.