MIDDLETOWN A Berlin, Conn., man has been arrested for allegedly gutting a deer in a parking lot near Wesleyan University.
Lawrence Massey, 37, was arrested after local residents saw him use a hunting knife to "field strip" a deer, police said. He allegedly wanted to show his sons how it was done, the police report states.
Police were called Monday at 3:21 p.m. to the back lot of the 594 Main St. apartments, near the Green Street Arts Center, where several mothers and their young children were walking around. The report says the arriving officer was "overcome by a very strong smell emanating from the carcass" upon leaving his patrol car.
Massey allegedly told officers he found the carcass on the side of Route 9 southbound, loaded it into his minivan, and brought it home to show his sons the classic hunting technique: "how to field strip a deer after it had been killed." (While the police report refers to "field stripping," hunters say the proper term is "field dressing.")
Police said they found Massey holding a folding knife in his right hand with both arms covered in blood beyond his elbows. Massey had put down plastic tarps in the parking lot, slit the deer from "anus to lower throat" and placed the "guts of the deer, the intestines, liver, stomach, bladder, etc.," on the ground beside the carcass, police said.
Without being asked, Massey cleaned up the mess by loading it into the rear of his minivan to take it home to Berlin, according to the arrest report. Witnesses, who police did not name, said the behavior was shocking.
Massey was charged with disorderly conduct and scheduled to appear in Middletown Superior Court Nov. 11.
http://www.newhavenregister.com/articles/2011/10/26/news/doc4ea850a67eec8718061990.txt
Lawrence Massey, 37, was arrested after local residents saw him use a hunting knife to "field strip" a deer, police said. He allegedly wanted to show his sons how it was done, the police report states.
Police were called Monday at 3:21 p.m. to the back lot of the 594 Main St. apartments, near the Green Street Arts Center, where several mothers and their young children were walking around. The report says the arriving officer was "overcome by a very strong smell emanating from the carcass" upon leaving his patrol car.
Massey allegedly told officers he found the carcass on the side of Route 9 southbound, loaded it into his minivan, and brought it home to show his sons the classic hunting technique: "how to field strip a deer after it had been killed." (While the police report refers to "field stripping," hunters say the proper term is "field dressing.")
Police said they found Massey holding a folding knife in his right hand with both arms covered in blood beyond his elbows. Massey had put down plastic tarps in the parking lot, slit the deer from "anus to lower throat" and placed the "guts of the deer, the intestines, liver, stomach, bladder, etc.," on the ground beside the carcass, police said.
Without being asked, Massey cleaned up the mess by loading it into the rear of his minivan to take it home to Berlin, according to the arrest report. Witnesses, who police did not name, said the behavior was shocking.
Massey was charged with disorderly conduct and scheduled to appear in Middletown Superior Court Nov. 11.
http://www.newhavenregister.com/articles/2011/10/26/news/doc4ea850a67eec8718061990.txt