Ohio: After judge let Nicholas Reynolds, 18, out on bond after allegedly beating a baby alpaca to death, he leads police on a high speed chase

OHIO -- An Ohio teen charged in the beating death of a baby alpaca could get up to five years in prison if convicted on a felony charge incurred while he was out of jail on bond.

Authorities say 18-year-old Nicholas Reynolds (aka Nick Reynolds), of the Middletown area north of Cincinnati, and his friend Stacie Mullins, 23, led them on a high-speed chase June 26. They were caught when the idiots crashed into a pole on Trenton Franklin Road.

Mullins was in the passengers seat along with several cans of beer and two bottles of whiskey.

A judge on Tuesday transferred a felony charge of failure to comply with a police order to adult court. Two related misdemeanor charges will remain in juvenile court because Reynolds was 17 at the time.

Mullins is in the Butler County Jail charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Stacie Mullins is also accused of stealing the baby animal and torturing it to death for fun. 

Reynolds' attorney declined comment Wednesday.

Reynolds has pleaded not guilty to charges he and another teen stole a 3-month-old baby alpaca from a southwest Ohio farm last winter, took turns beating the baby animal to death and then dumped its tiny body at an abandoned farm.

(WCPO - Aug 4, 2010)

Earlier:

• Ohio: Grand jury indicts Nicholas Reynolds, 17, and Marcus Miller, 18, of torture death of baby alpaca
• Ohio: New court hearings for Stacie Mullins, 23, Nicholas Reynolds, 17, and Marcus Miller, 18 -- all accused of stealing a baby alpaca, taking turns beating the baby to death and then dumping his battered and broken body at an abandoned farm