Saturday, February 10, 2007

Animal!

SUFFOLK, Va. -- A man who took off his clothes and beat a dead pigeon on a car outside a home in Suffolk has been sentenced to a year in prison for animal cruelty.

Juan Pablo Lopez of Virginia Beach -- who was 30 years old at the time of the incident last July -- was sentenced Monday by a Suffolk judge.

Lopez pleaded guilty last year to burglary, obstruction of justice and animal cruelty. He received no time for the burglary and obstruction charges.

Police say Lopez broke into the home, destroyed bird cages and freed some chickens and pigeons and killed several of them.

The homeowners pulled into their driveway and saw Lopez come running out naked, bashed a dead bird against their car and ran away.

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