With his bare hands. The most shocking thing here is that it didn't happen in Florida. I feel bad for his daughters, he sounds like a piece of work that took a break from other legal issues to create new legal issues.
WILDWOOD, N.J. (TMX) – A New Jersey man is facing an animal cruelty charge after allegedly beheading a seagull that was stealing his daughter’s French fries, police said.
The North Wildwood Police Department this week announced charges against 29-year-old Franklin Zeigler of Cape May.
Police said officers responded to an animal cruelty incident at Morey’s Piers on Boardwalk Avenue on July 6, and witnesses reported that Zeigler had “decapitated” a seagull with his bare hands.
Zeigler was initially arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest because he was “irate and uncooperative with officers on an unrelated investigation,” police said.
Further investigation resulted in an additional charge of third-degree animal cruelty.
According to the probable cause statement for his arrest, Zeigler ripped the seagull’s head off with his hands after it tried stealing French fries from his daughter.
Witnesses reported that Zeigler asked Morey’s Piers staff for a trash bag while holding the decapitated bird.
Zeigler was issued a summons and released pending a future court date, police said.
Dad beheads seagull with his bare hands after it tried to steal French fries from daughter, police say
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WILDWOOD, N.J. (TMX) – A New Jersey man is facing an animal cruelty charge after allegedly beheading a seagull that was stealing his daughter’s French fries, police said.
The North Wildwood Police Department this week announced charges against 29-year-old Franklin Zeigler of Cape May.
Police said officers responded to an animal cruelty incident at Morey’s Piers on Boardwalk Avenue on July 6, and witnesses reported that Zeigler had “decapitated” a seagull with his bare hands.
Zeigler was initially arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest because he was “irate and uncooperative with officers on an unrelated investigation,” police said.
Further investigation resulted in an additional charge of third-degree animal cruelty.
According to the probable cause statement for his arrest, Zeigler ripped the seagull’s head off with his hands after it tried stealing French fries from his daughter.
Witnesses reported that Zeigler asked Morey’s Piers staff for a trash bag while holding the decapitated bird.
Zeigler was issued a summons and released pending a future court date, police said.