Andrew L. Baldini, 18, of Carmel, Indiana, was arrested Friday on a charge of animal torture/cruelty.
Police say he beat a skunk to death with a shovel while at a fraternity house near the 1200 block of East 3rd Street.
According to coed.com, the skunk - which don't have the best vision to begin with - interrupted an intramural basketball game between fraternity members.
The animal wandered across the court and caught the eye of 18-year-old Andrew Baldini. Police say that he picked up a shovel and whacked the skunk, causing the poor animal to limp off in an injured state.
Baldini then followed the little animal, already injured, onto a public sidewalk on East 3rd Street (right in front of TIS College Bookstore) "with intent to kill". He beat the skunk repeatedly with the shovel until it finally died.
Witnesses who were horrified by what they saw, called police.
In trying to excuse what Baldini did, fraternity members said the house has been having trouble with skunks around the property.
"But this frat boy didn’t get away with this disturbing act of violence. He was cuffed and wheeled away by police officers, who would charge this collegiate criminal with felony animal cruelty charges. I’m sure he won’t feel like such an alpha male in a prison cell. He’ll most likely encounter much larger predators in the big house and may feel just as vulnerable as that skunk.
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| The median household income in 2010 for Carmel, Indiana, was $101,494. Compare that to the median household income in 2010 for the United States, which was just $49.445. Baldini played Lacrosse in high school. How many high schools offer Lacrosse as a sport? This tells you a lot about Andrew Baldini. |
"He could have just called Bloomington’s pest control to take care of that potentially stinky intruder but instead, he now faces a prison sentence. Maybe this can serve as a lesson for Mr. Baldini. Maybe this felony charge can show him the significance of snuffing out a beating heart, no matter how small."
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