Overview

• The teen faces two felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals and one misdemeanor count of criminal trespassing after charges were filed June 25.
• Police say he entered the Pabello family’s yard on May 22 in the 5200 block of West Newport Avenue and fatally attacked Henry the duck and Peep the chicken.
• Neighbors’ surveillance footage reportedly shows the suspect poking the birds with a stick, slamming Henry to the ground, and using a rock to finish the attack.
• Jake Pabello’s family has raised backyard poultry for six years and Henry was known for waddling to the fence to quack at passersby.
• Officers arrested the juvenile on June 24 in the 3000 block of West Harrison Street and his identity remains sealed under state juvenile privacy laws.