Man guilty of cruelty in death of guinea pig

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A town man was found guilty Tuesday of animal cruelty for skinning a guinea pig and making a head ornament out of it.

Charles Woodson, 41, of 405 E. Criser Road, Apt. 301, appeared for trial in Warren County General District Court on Tuesday afternoon. Woodson was initially arrested and charged with animal cruelty, a class 1 misdemeanor, on March 1.

According to a criminal complaint, Woodson purchased a guinea pig from a pet store, and neighbors later saw him “wearing the skin of a guinea pig on his head.” As police approached Woodson’s apartment, he walked out of the unit with the guinea pig skin on his head, according to the complaint. Authorities say Woodson committed the animal cruelty crime on or about Feb. 1.

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