Crime

Appalling: Man Could Face Criminal Charges After Tasing Mouse

May 03, 2015, 8:45 AM

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A man who used a Taser to kill a mouse in the parking lot of a strip mall in Oak Park at 9 Mile Road and Coolidge --  and then posted a video of it that has gone viral --  could face animal cruelty charges, Fox 2 reports.

"You guys see this," the man says before tasing the mouse repeatedly in a car. The mouse dies. He holds it up by the tail and says:  "Now the mouse is no more."

Fox 2 reports that the video was posted to YouTube but was pulled due to the site's terms of service. It was picked up by LiveLeak which is still hosting the video. It has been played more than 65,000 times.

"He had a stun gun device he used to stun the mouse and did it two or three times," said Steve Cooper, Oak Park public safety director.

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard  watched the video." 

"It's disgusting," he told Fox 2.  "It was in a Petco box so he went and bought this mouse."

FOX 2 went to the grocery store in the strip mall and the store management said his name was David and as a bagger. Management fired him after finding out about the video, Fox 2 reports.

"Apparently it went viral on YouTube," Cooper said. "We were able to do some investigating and find out who the young man was. We've already interviewed him and the case has been forwarded to the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office."

He said the man could face animal cruelty charges.


Read more:  Fox 2


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