05-04-2010, 06:02 PM
Man accused of driving drunk, stabbing pigs
http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article....yid=849555
FAIRMONT, Minn.-- A southern Minnesota man faces a laundry list of criminal charges in a bizarre incident that ended with 29 pigs having to be destroyed.
Early the morning of April 27th, a truck driver picking up hogs at a farm just south of Truman noticed a man running from one of the pig barns. That driver called sheriff's deputies, who came and arrested 23 year old Curtis Lee Adams for DWI. Adams had gotten his truck stuck in the mud after drinking at an area bar, and told deputies he had gone into the barn to ask for help.
The next morning, authorities received a call from the farm owner saying that a number of his pigs were bleeding and hurt, and appeared to have been stabbed. When they drove to the farm, they found Adams nearby trying to get his truck out of the mud. His clothes and shoes were covered in dried blood.
Investigators later found a knife with a 3 inch blade in the grass outside the barn that Adams admitted was his. The suspect told deputies that he didn't remember a thing about being in the barn or doing anything to harm the pigs. They took a picture of Adams and showed it to the truck driver who had called 9-1-1 the night before: That man identified Adams as the man he had seen running from the barn.
The pigs that were stabbed had been slated for slaughter. They had to be destroyed because they were were suffering, and because their flesh may have been contaminated by the knife blade. The pigs alone had a value of more than $7k, and the farm owner had to pay veterinarians to euthanize the pigs humanely.
Adams faces felony charges of third-degree burglary and first-degree criminal damage to property. Each charge carries a potential penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
A charge of second-degree cruelty to animals is considered a gross misdemeanor, with a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $3,000 fine.
http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article....yid=849555
FAIRMONT, Minn.-- A southern Minnesota man faces a laundry list of criminal charges in a bizarre incident that ended with 29 pigs having to be destroyed.
Early the morning of April 27th, a truck driver picking up hogs at a farm just south of Truman noticed a man running from one of the pig barns. That driver called sheriff's deputies, who came and arrested 23 year old Curtis Lee Adams for DWI. Adams had gotten his truck stuck in the mud after drinking at an area bar, and told deputies he had gone into the barn to ask for help.
The next morning, authorities received a call from the farm owner saying that a number of his pigs were bleeding and hurt, and appeared to have been stabbed. When they drove to the farm, they found Adams nearby trying to get his truck out of the mud. His clothes and shoes were covered in dried blood.
Investigators later found a knife with a 3 inch blade in the grass outside the barn that Adams admitted was his. The suspect told deputies that he didn't remember a thing about being in the barn or doing anything to harm the pigs. They took a picture of Adams and showed it to the truck driver who had called 9-1-1 the night before: That man identified Adams as the man he had seen running from the barn.
The pigs that were stabbed had been slated for slaughter. They had to be destroyed because they were were suffering, and because their flesh may have been contaminated by the knife blade. The pigs alone had a value of more than $7k, and the farm owner had to pay veterinarians to euthanize the pigs humanely.
Adams faces felony charges of third-degree burglary and first-degree criminal damage to property. Each charge carries a potential penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
A charge of second-degree cruelty to animals is considered a gross misdemeanor, with a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $3,000 fine.