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Sterling woman arrested for sacrificing chickens appeals for custody of seized rooster
Sterling woman arrested for sacrificing chickens appeals for custody of seized rooster
Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2016 by Hannah Dellinger, Times-Mirror Staff Writer
A Sterling woman who was arrested in May for allegedly sacrificing chickens multiple times a week for religious purposes appealed to regain custody of a rooster that was seized from her in Loudoun County Circuit Court today.
As first reported by the Times-Mirror, Loudoun County Animal Services responded to an April 25 complaint that Mercy Carrion was inhumanely killing between 12 to 15 chickens a week in her townhouse in the 100 block of Sherwood Court in Sterling. Officers found blood splatter on the walls of the home, a club with a metal shield covered in blood and feathers, a knife covered in blood, two dead roosters and one live rooster, according to a search warrant. The officers seized the live rooster and took it to the Loudoun County Animal Shelter. Carrion's appeal of the seizure of her rooster was denied in circuit court today by Judge Jeanette A. Irby.
An informant tipped off officers they saw Carrion “run around the house, slamming the chickens to the wall, bludgeon them to death with a club, bury the chickens alive, burn the chickens alive and cut them from the top of the neck, down the center of the body, while still alive,” according to the search warrant.
Loudoun County Animal Services Officer Patrick Breslin, who first responded to the complaint, testified today Carrion kept her live chickens in 24 pack-sized cardboard beer boxes. Breslin said the first time he checked the home he found three live chickens stacked in boxes in the basement. ... “They were crouching in the box like they couldn't stand up or move around,” Breslin said. “The boxes were soaked in feces. There were empty containers that could have had food and water in them at one time, but they were empty at the time of the search.”
Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2016 by Hannah Dellinger, Times-Mirror Staff Writer
A Sterling woman who was arrested in May for allegedly sacrificing chickens multiple times a week for religious purposes appealed to regain custody of a rooster that was seized from her in Loudoun County Circuit Court today.
As first reported by the Times-Mirror, Loudoun County Animal Services responded to an April 25 complaint that Mercy Carrion was inhumanely killing between 12 to 15 chickens a week in her townhouse in the 100 block of Sherwood Court in Sterling. Officers found blood splatter on the walls of the home, a club with a metal shield covered in blood and feathers, a knife covered in blood, two dead roosters and one live rooster, according to a search warrant. The officers seized the live rooster and took it to the Loudoun County Animal Shelter. Carrion's appeal of the seizure of her rooster was denied in circuit court today by Judge Jeanette A. Irby.
An informant tipped off officers they saw Carrion “run around the house, slamming the chickens to the wall, bludgeon them to death with a club, bury the chickens alive, burn the chickens alive and cut them from the top of the neck, down the center of the body, while still alive,” according to the search warrant.
Loudoun County Animal Services Officer Patrick Breslin, who first responded to the complaint, testified today Carrion kept her live chickens in 24 pack-sized cardboard beer boxes. Breslin said the first time he checked the home he found three live chickens stacked in boxes in the basement. ... “They were crouching in the box like they couldn't stand up or move around,” Breslin said. “The boxes were soaked in feces. There were empty containers that could have had food and water in them at one time, but they were empty at the time of the search.”
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