Florida News (Archive) - July 28, 2022
by, Rob Garguilo
Palm Bay, FL - A man's been arrested after ripping the head off a pet parakeet that belonged to a person whose home he was staying at.
According to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, the unidentified man was arrested on Monday after killing the pet.
The victim told deputies the man stayed at his home for about a week, before acting "irate and not himself" while "possibly on an unknown drug."
The man then threw a birdcage to the ground, breaking the cage and freeing one bird.
He grabbed a second bird and decapitated it by ripping the bird's head from it's body with his hands.
The man also caused property damage throughout the home.
He was arrested on charges of felony animal cruelty and criminal mischief under $200.
He's being held in the Brevard County jail on $2,500 bond.
by, Rob Garguilo
Palm Bay, FL - A man's been arrested after ripping the head off a pet parakeet that belonged to a person whose home he was staying at.
According to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, the unidentified man was arrested on Monday after killing the pet.
The victim told deputies the man stayed at his home for about a week, before acting "irate and not himself" while "possibly on an unknown drug."
The man then threw a birdcage to the ground, breaking the cage and freeing one bird.
He grabbed a second bird and decapitated it by ripping the bird's head from it's body with his hands.
The man also caused property damage throughout the home.
He was arrested on charges of felony animal cruelty and criminal mischief under $200.
He's being held in the Brevard County jail on $2,500 bond.
