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Fort Dodge men sentenced for burning opossums

December 8, 2005 By admin

Three Fort Dodge men were sentenced to 30 days in jail Wednesday after lighting opossums on fire while videotaping themselves. 20-year-old Anthony Herrington, 20-year-old Kevin Calderon and 19-year-old David Bendickson pleaded guilty to charges of animal torture in October.

They had faced up to four years in prison. Under the plea, they were fined 500-dollars each and will have to perform 80 hours of community service and will be on probation for two years. The three made a videotape showing the burning of live opossums in Webster County and submitted the tape to the humor website E-Baum’s World, which turned the tape over to the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA contacted authorities.

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