Crime & Safety
Wash. Man Sexually Assaults Beaver While High On Meth
The 35-year-old was found allegedly consorting with the beaver in a public park after the animal was hit by a car.
KENNEWICK, WA - A 35-year-old Washington man was recently caught doing something more fitting of Florida man. Richard M. Delp was allegedly caught molesting a dead beaver at a park in Kennewick over the Labor Day Weekend, according to reports.
On Monday night, a woman found the injured beaver near Columbia Park in the downtown area. The animal had been hit by a car. The woman ran home to get a box so she could take the beaver to a vet, according to the Tri-City Herald. When the woman returned to the park, she found Delp consorting with the animal.
It's unclear whether the beaver lived through the assault. It was dead by the time police got to the scene, according to the Tri-City Herald.
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Delp was arrested on charges of possession of methamphetamine and, of course, animal cruelty. Delp was still in jail Thursday, according to Benton County Jail records.
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