A teenager was convicted Wednesday of attacking a number of animals at and near Herndon's Frying Pan Farm Park.
The teen that was arrested for slashing horses belonging to the SPIRIT Open Equestrian Program, as well as some of Frying Pan Farm Park's animals, has been convicted, according to the Washington Post. The teenager attacked the horses at a paddock adjacent to Frying Pan Farm Park in April. The attack upset many of the SPIRIT volunteers. A month later the teen went to Frying Pan Farm Park and attacked a number of farm animals, including a calf, two goats and a chicken. The teen was arrested earlier this summer. The Post reports that the teen tried to ride one of the SPIRIT horses in the original attack, and he attacked the horses after the horse threw him off. All the animals will make full recoveries. He will be sentenced later this year…
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SPIRIT Open Equestrian Program horse was also injured in April attacks near Frying Pan Park; teen suspect in earlier incidents still at detention center
A horse that was among the animals attacked at a paddock near Frying Pan Park this April was the victim of another attack this weekend at 2625 Centreville Rd. Fairfax County police said the injured horse, Lucinda, suffered cuts and wounds sometime between 8 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the paddock, adjacent to Frying Pan Farm Park. Lucinda is one of the SPIRIT Open Equestrian program's horses and was previously injured with a knife on April 26; police said the wounds are not life threatening. The incident is the third in a series of animal attacks in the area this year, all of which have occurred during overnight hours. After three horses in the SPIRIT Open Equestrian program were similarly attacked in April, a number of …
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9:34 am on Monday, August 27, 2012
Thanks to this company (smartisight) for donating security cameras! I hope this will help keep these animals safe from any future assaults. more ›
Carol Bruce
2:28 pm on Saturday, August 18, 2012
I sure hope they catch whoever was involved in that last attack, too. There is no room in this society for people who are capable of committing such atrocities. more ›