The RAT BASTARD needs to go to jail for a LONGGGG time.
Alleged Massachusetts rabbit killer behind bars
North Adams man charged for brutal animal slayings
By BRIAN NEARING, Staff writer
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Last updated: 1:41 p.m., Saturday, June 12, 2010
NORTH ADAMS -- A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing and mutilating pet rabbits during a failed burglary of a construction business, according to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The suspect, Wayne C. Brackett, of North Adams, was charged late Friday with five counts of animal cruelty, five counts of malicious killing of an animal, one count of breaking and entering at night, and one count of malicious destruction of property, said Sgt. Roy Sutton of the MSPCA law enforcement department.
Brackett remained in police custody and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday, according to North Adams Police.
Gruesome surveillance tape of the event, captured at Berkshire County Construction on Tuesday night, showed a man who apparently went into a rage after being unable to break into a truck. The man was shown kicking and dismembering the rabbits, and the surveillance tapes drew wide calls of outrage after the images were widely circulated over the Internet.
The bodies of the rabbits were found strewn about the property including a baby bunny and a severely mutilated rabbit left hanging by a chain after its ears and tail had been cut off.
Sutton said several people stepped forward to identify Brackett as the man in the surveillance tapes. After he was taken into custody by the North Adams Police, officials searched his home and found undislosed evidence linking him to the crime, said Sutton.
"We have thoroughly reviewed surveillance footage of the crime scene, examined the scene and bodies of the animals, secured a necropsy of one of the rabbits, enlisted the assistance of a state police tracking dog, and carefully interviewed numerous witnesses and the suspect," Sutton said.
"Regrettably, the savagery repeatedly inflicted upon the helpless rabbits exceeds any brutality I've seen in quite a while," said Peter Gollub, director of the MSPCA's Law Enforcement department. "These animals posed no threat to the suspect, and in fact some rabbits even curiously approached him. How anyone could systematically and completely ignore the suffering of these unsuspecting creatures dumbfounds me as much as it angers me. I am not surprised to hear that substantial concerns exist about this suspect's past and future encounters with humans and animals alike."
