Deputies Arrest Man For Allegedly Throwing Rocks At Bird In San Bernardino Mountains

KCAL News, CBS Los Angeles

November 13, 2024

San Bernardino County deputies arrested a 36-year-old man on Tuesday after Lake Gregory residents accused him of killing a beloved bird.

Witnesses recorded the man allegedly throwing rocks at the white egret as it sat on the neighborhood's dock. Neighbors asked the suspect to stop throwing rocks at the bird. However, they said things only escalated as he attacked the bird as it got closer to him.

"It's just made me absolutely sick to my stomach," resident Shyann Swisher said in early November. "This bird was a part of our community, his name was Arthur."

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