Magnum
02-26-2005, 06:16 PM
This guy is supposed to save lives, not viciously take them. :mad: This guy is a sicko beyond sickos!!! He is returning to work the first week of March and will not do any time for his despicable act. Big deal, he takes a pay cut...whoopie.
I read the police report and there are so many witnesses that signed statements saying this guy just reached over, took the bird off the guys shoulder and bit the birds head off. Spit the head out and threw the body on the floor. He fled the scene right after, but he claims he doesn't remember any of it? What a lying sack of (&#&R(*$#!!!!!
I can't imaging what I would do if someone were to do that to any of my pets. :mad: I would be the one in jail doing time for who knows what, and that gutter slime would be back at work with his lousy pay cut...Ugh, this makes me want the wretch!!
Case Report
A Florida fireman who witnesses said bit off a parrot's head during a billiards game faces animal cruelty charges, the Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said today.
Bruce J. Coates, 34, told deputies he had been drinking and couldn’t remember what happened. But witnesses told investigators that during a billiards game early Sunday morning, Coates grabbed the parrot off the shoulder of another player, put the bird’s head in his mouth and bit it off, said spokesman Gary Davidson.
The incident occurred at a party the recreation room of the Saddle Club Estates community near S.R. 44 and S.R. 415. Coates fled the clubhouse after the 1 a.m. incident.
The parrot’s owner called the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office at about 8 a.m. Sunday to report the incident. When contacted by deputies later, Coates said he was sorry and offered to replace the parrot, according to Davidson.
Coates has been charged with a felony count of animal cruelty and one count of criminal mischief, a misdemeanor offense. The Sheriff’s Office plans to seek a warrant for Coates’ arrest.
To send an urgent plea to State’s Attorney John Tanner, urging him to vigorously prosecute Coates:
The Honorable John Tanner
State’s Attorney, Seventh Judicial Circuit
251 N. Ridgewood Ave.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-7505
References
The Daytona Beach News Journal - Feb 7, 2005
NBC 4 - Feb 7, 2005
WKMG - Feb 7, 2005
WKMG - Feb 7, 2005
The Smoking Gun - Feb 7, 2005
Sun-Sentinel - Feb 7, 2005
PETA Action Alerts
My thanks to Daniel Paden (PETA caseworker) for sending a letter to the State Attorney, John Tanner on behalf of Izzy the Quaker's murder.
I read the police report and there are so many witnesses that signed statements saying this guy just reached over, took the bird off the guys shoulder and bit the birds head off. Spit the head out and threw the body on the floor. He fled the scene right after, but he claims he doesn't remember any of it? What a lying sack of (&#&R(*$#!!!!!
I can't imaging what I would do if someone were to do that to any of my pets. :mad: I would be the one in jail doing time for who knows what, and that gutter slime would be back at work with his lousy pay cut...Ugh, this makes me want the wretch!!
Case Report
A Florida fireman who witnesses said bit off a parrot's head during a billiards game faces animal cruelty charges, the Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said today.
Bruce J. Coates, 34, told deputies he had been drinking and couldn’t remember what happened. But witnesses told investigators that during a billiards game early Sunday morning, Coates grabbed the parrot off the shoulder of another player, put the bird’s head in his mouth and bit it off, said spokesman Gary Davidson.
The incident occurred at a party the recreation room of the Saddle Club Estates community near S.R. 44 and S.R. 415. Coates fled the clubhouse after the 1 a.m. incident.
The parrot’s owner called the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office at about 8 a.m. Sunday to report the incident. When contacted by deputies later, Coates said he was sorry and offered to replace the parrot, according to Davidson.
Coates has been charged with a felony count of animal cruelty and one count of criminal mischief, a misdemeanor offense. The Sheriff’s Office plans to seek a warrant for Coates’ arrest.
To send an urgent plea to State’s Attorney John Tanner, urging him to vigorously prosecute Coates:
The Honorable John Tanner
State’s Attorney, Seventh Judicial Circuit
251 N. Ridgewood Ave.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-7505
References
The Daytona Beach News Journal - Feb 7, 2005
NBC 4 - Feb 7, 2005
WKMG - Feb 7, 2005
WKMG - Feb 7, 2005
The Smoking Gun - Feb 7, 2005
Sun-Sentinel - Feb 7, 2005
PETA Action Alerts
My thanks to Daniel Paden (PETA caseworker) for sending a letter to the State Attorney, John Tanner on behalf of Izzy the Quaker's murder.