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The animal had to be euthanized after the trooper pinned it to the pavement with his vehicle.

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A Pennsylvania state trooper has been charged with felony animal cruelty.

A Pennsylvania State Police trooper has been charged with animal cruelty for allegedly ramming his patrol car into a horse multiple times, authorities announced...

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Pennsylvania State Police say the trooper has been charged after he drove his patrol vehicle into a horse that was on the loose multiple times and pinned it to the pavement so it could be euthanized by another trooper.

Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Michael Perillo has been charged with animal cruelty stemming from a December incident in Lower Oxford Township, Chester County, where he allegedly rammed his vehicle multiple times into a horse that had escaped from an Amish farm. The horse was then euthanized by a second trooper, who shot the injured animal on the shoulder of Route 1 as it was pinned to the pavement.

Corporal Michael Perillo is accused of striking a loose horse with his vehicle, pinning it to the ground, during an on-duty incident in Chester County last year