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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 investigators from the Maine Warden Service that he had killed eight of the spiky rodents, which he believed were a nuisance that caused damage, according to
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.
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A Maine Warden Service report obtained by the Courier Gazette in late August revealed that another officer had reported the killings to supervisors, with both Cox and Rolerson eventually fired from the force in September.
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