BRENTWOOD – Three men are facing animal cruelty charges for decapitating a pet rabbit at Rye Beach, after a video of the incident surfaced on the video-sharing Web site YouTube.
All three men were indicted by a Rockingham County grand jury last week, and each face one felony count of animal cruelty, which carries a potential maximum sentence of 3 1/2 to 7 years in state prison. The incident occurred on Aug. 6, 2006, at Rye Beach, Rockingham County attorney Jim Reams said yesterday.
According to the indictments, Robert Freeman, 43, of 35 Easy Street, Plainfield, Conn., held down a "domestic white rabbit" while the other two men took turns hitting the animal's neck and head with a cleaver. Kevin Lynch, 28, of 23 Bradford Street, Milton, Mass., and William West, 34, also of Massachusetts, are accused of striking the rabbit with a knife and West is accused of decapitating it.
The indictments specifically describe the act as torturing or mutilating.
Reams said the incident was first reported to Rye police when someone complained about a video on the Web site YouTube.com. Reams said he did not know if the video was still on the site, but it could not be located yesterday. Reams said the three men were at some type of picnic and brought the rabbit to New Hampshire for the purpose of hurting it.
The men have not been arraigned
Manchester Union Leader
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Three men charged with decapitating pet rabbit
BRENTWOOD – Three men are facing animal cruelty charges for decapitating a pet rabbit at Rye Beach, after a video of the incident surfaced on the video-sharing Web site YouTube.
All three men were indicted by a Rockingham County grand jury last week, and each face one felony count of animal cruelty, which carries a potential maximum sentence of 3 1/2 to 7 years in state prison. The incident occurred on Aug. 6, 2006, at Rye Beach, Rockingham County attorney Jim Reams said yesterday.
According to the indictments, Robert Freeman, 43, of 35 Easy Street, Plainfield, Conn., held down a "domestic white rabbit" while the other two men took turns hitting the animal's neck and head with a cleaver. Kevin Lynch, 28, of 23 Bradford Street, Milton, Mass., and William West, 34, also of Massachusetts, are accused of striking the rabbit with a knife and West is accused of decapitating it.
The indictments specifically describe the act as torturing or mutilating.
Reams said the incident was first reported to Rye police when someone complained about a video on the Web site YouTube.com. Reams said he did not know if the video was still on the site, but it could not be located yesterday. Reams said the three men were at some type of picnic and brought the rabbit to New Hampshire for the purpose of hurting it.
The men have not been arraigned.
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