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Article bookmarked Don't show me this message again✕ Maine police officers get jail time for beating porcupines to death while on-duty (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Two former Maine police officers were sentenced to prison for beating porcupines to death while on duty. The shocking behaviour was reported to Rockland police bosses in August by another officer and both were fired from their jobs in September. Addison Cox, 28, and Michael Rolerson, 31, pleaded guilty in Knox Superior Court to misdemeanor charges of cruelty to animals and night hunting, according to court documents. Rolerson told...
2 former Maine police officers accused of beating porcupines to death will spend time in jail KRDO By Amanda Watts and Alaa Elassar, CNN Two former police officers in Maine have pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges stemming from an incident in which they beat porcupines to death with their batons while on duty, Sagadahoc County District Attorney Natasha Irving told CNN. Addison Cox and Michael Rolerson both pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of night hunting and one count of misdemeanor animal cruelty, Irving said. Cox received a 90-day sentence, with all but 10 days suspended for th...
Two Maine police officers are set to serve jail time after pleading guilty to charges of animal cruelty over several instances of beating porcupines to death while on duty. According to court documents filed in Knox Superior Court, officers Addison Cox and Michael Rolerson admitted to killing porcupines with their retractable batons multiple times last fall. Prosecutors noted that Rolerson, 31, said he likely killed eight porcupines, while Cox, 28, admitted to killing three. ADVERTISEMENT A Maine Warden Service report obtained by the Courier Gazette in late August revealed that ano...