Pair of Long Island teens burn, stab 12-pound turtle, cops charge them with animal cruelty

By Joe Kemp
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Sunday, June 13th 2010, 4:00 AM

Two Long Island teens were arrested after burning and stabbing a 12-pound turtle to death Saturday, Suffolk County police said.

Roark Xanthos and Thomas Gorman, both 18, picked up the snapper from the side of the road in Bellport about 9:30 a.m., police said.

The masochistic pair doused the turtle with gasoline and tossed it in a makeshift fire pit before setting the reptile ablaze, cops said.

The teens then stabbed the charred chelonian through its shell with a long metal pole, killing the creature.

Cops slapped the pair with animal cruelty and criminal trespass charges.

From: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/06/13/2010-06-13_teens_in_turtle_torture.html#community