By Jeremy Maready
THE LEDGER
Published: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 7:09 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 7:09 p.m.
WINTER HAVEN | A 34-year-old Winter Haven was arrested after he killed three baby rabbits following a fight with his wife, according to Winter Haven police.
Reginald Owen Sear, Jr., 34, of 2118 Whispering Trails Boulevard, was charged with three counts of animal cruelty and two counts of child abuse, police reported.
The incident happened Tuesday when police were called to the home for a disturbance.
Police said they learned that Sear and his wife had an agreement about who would wake up to feed the bunnies. When the wife awoke, she and Sear argued because he was supposed to have awakened her.
"He was so outraged that he took the cardboard box into the bathroom and killed the baby bunnies by twisting them, resulting in their deaths," said Jamie Brown, Winter Haven police spokeswoman.
While the couple's two children, who both younger than 12, didn't see the killing of the animals, they saw their father emerge from the bathroom with blood on his face, police said.
Police said the event was so traumatic for the children the child abuse charges were warranted.
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