Holy shit! Wtf! What is wrong w/ people nowadays?! This is just so disgusting & disturbing! & where the hell were & are these kids' parents?! This is just so mindblowing!
Alpaca's savage beating in Ohio upsets ranchers
HAMILTON A hearing for the second of two 17-year-old boys accused in the theft and fatal beating of a young alpaca was continued Thursday, May 13, the day after a state lawmaker announced a bill to strengthen animal cruelty charges will move forward for a full House vote.
After languishing in committee for more than a year, state Rep. Courtney Combs, R-Hamilton, said public outcry and calls for tougher penalties over the beating death of Masterpiece a 3-month-old alpaca taken from a Madison Twp. farm and dumped in an abandoned barn helped to push HB 55 forward.
This bill will go a long way towards reducing and preventing cases of animal abuse here in Ohio, said Combs, who introduced the legislation.
The bill would increase animal cruelty to a first-degree misdemeanor with a penalty of up to 180 days behind bars and a $1,000 fine on a second offense. It also would require mandatory evaluation and possible therapy for minors who torture or abuse animals.
The alpaca, valued at $8,000, was reported stolen Feb. 19 from a Browns Run Road farm. Authorities said Masterpiece was beaten, put in a truck and dumped in an abandoned barn in nearby Montgomery County.
A hearing on Thursday before Butler County Juvenile Judge Kathleen Romans to determine whether a 17-year-old boy should be tried as an adult was rescheduled to 11:30 a.m. May 24 after a forensic psychologist was not available to testify.
Last week, Romans sent the case against co-defendant Marcus Miller, also 17, to county common pleas court. He is charged with felony counts of breaking and entering, grand theft and complicity to vandalism, and a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals. The second teen faces the cruelty charge as well as breaking and entering and grand theft, but also is charged with vandalism.
The third suspect, Stacie Mullins, 23, of Madison Twp., is charged with complicity to breaking and entering, complicity to theft, complicity to cruelty to animals and tampering with evidence. She pleaded not guilty and has a May 24 pretrial hearing.
Contact this reporter at (513) 820-2168 or lpack@coxohio.com.
Alpaca's savage beating in Ohio upsets ranchers
HAMILTON A hearing for the second of two 17-year-old boys accused in the theft and fatal beating of a young alpaca was continued Thursday, May 13, the day after a state lawmaker announced a bill to strengthen animal cruelty charges will move forward for a full House vote.
After languishing in committee for more than a year, state Rep. Courtney Combs, R-Hamilton, said public outcry and calls for tougher penalties over the beating death of Masterpiece a 3-month-old alpaca taken from a Madison Twp. farm and dumped in an abandoned barn helped to push HB 55 forward.
This bill will go a long way towards reducing and preventing cases of animal abuse here in Ohio, said Combs, who introduced the legislation.
The bill would increase animal cruelty to a first-degree misdemeanor with a penalty of up to 180 days behind bars and a $1,000 fine on a second offense. It also would require mandatory evaluation and possible therapy for minors who torture or abuse animals.
The alpaca, valued at $8,000, was reported stolen Feb. 19 from a Browns Run Road farm. Authorities said Masterpiece was beaten, put in a truck and dumped in an abandoned barn in nearby Montgomery County.
A hearing on Thursday before Butler County Juvenile Judge Kathleen Romans to determine whether a 17-year-old boy should be tried as an adult was rescheduled to 11:30 a.m. May 24 after a forensic psychologist was not available to testify.
Last week, Romans sent the case against co-defendant Marcus Miller, also 17, to county common pleas court. He is charged with felony counts of breaking and entering, grand theft and complicity to vandalism, and a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals. The second teen faces the cruelty charge as well as breaking and entering and grand theft, but also is charged with vandalism.
The third suspect, Stacie Mullins, 23, of Madison Twp., is charged with complicity to breaking and entering, complicity to theft, complicity to cruelty to animals and tampering with evidence. She pleaded not guilty and has a May 24 pretrial hearing.
Contact this reporter at (513) 820-2168 or lpack@coxohio.com.
groove:
Just think if they could do that to a defenseless animal, what they might do to people. Sickening.