Woman charged after video showing cat thrown from 3rd floor
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A New Jersey woman has been charged with animal cruelty after someone posted a video of her throwing a cat out of a third-story window on social media.
Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose says 19-year-old Tikeemah Lassiter, of Clinton, was arrested and charged Saturday.
Ambrose says Lassiter was in Newark visiting a relative when she threw out the cat Thursday. A resident alerted police to the video.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The cat survived the fall and is being treated by the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Ambrose says Lassiter also had a warrant for her arrest on a charge that she assaulted a New Jersey Transit police officer.
It wasn't immediately clear if she had an attorney to comment on her behalf.