2 CT Residents Charged In Online Monkey Abuse Ring

CONNECTICUT — Two state residents are accused of being involved with an online group which created and distributed videos of monkeys being tortured and sexually abused.

A grand jury recently indicted 11 people across the country, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

The 11 individuals are accused of conspiring with a man who was previously charged in the case, Nicholas T. Dryden of Cincinnati, to create and distribute “animal crush videos.”

The indictment, which was unsealed May 16, details 79 acts in which the defendants are accused of paying Dryden, who then paid a minor in Indonesia to commit the requested acts on camera, according to federal prosecutors.

The videos depict monkeys being abused, tortured and even killed, court documents show. The videos show monkeys being cut with wire cutters, having their genitals burned and cut with scissors, being sodomized with a wooden skewer and a spoon, and stuck with fish hooks, for example, documents show.

The 11 defendants include:

Kimberly A. Anglin — also known as Kim Anglin — from Connecticut;

Mark M. Sampieri — also known as The Chef or SainT — from Connecticut;

Ernest D. Chavez — also known as Lax — from Arizona;

Hugh T. Campbell — also known as Tim Templeton — from Pennsylvania;

Carter G. Fawcett — also known as Captain — from Colorado;

Brady O. Shellhammer — also known as Beglu or Bbbeglu — from Louisiana;

Jimmy Wong — also known as Yasser Lopez — from New York;

Victoria S. Haskins — also known as Cat Face or Sparkles Fancy Pants — from Louisiana;

Vance H. Beadles — also known as Mr. Green — from Kentucky;

Mary L. Longoria — also known as R6 or R6ex — from North Carolina; and

Patrick C. Naylor — also known as YANTF or YANTF 2x — from North Carolina.