College student arrested after beating duck to death

5years ago

Alexander City news, Alabama news.

An Alabama community college student and former baseball player was arrested amid allegations of beating a duck to death following a party last month.

Thomas London Grant, 19, was charged with aggravated animal cruelty. The incident unfolded on May 5 when he along with other baseball players went to a campus pond following a party and took one duck. After hitting the animal with a bat they decided to take it to a nearby house and "put it out of its misery" by beating it to death. A coach reported the incident to authorities after finding the duck still alive but severely injured in woods. It has later been eutanized by a veterinarian.

Police said that Grant was the first suspect arrested but that "additional arrests could be forthcoming."