A Florida girl was arrested on animal cruelty expenses and different counts after allegedly killing one other girl’s pet spider by drowning it in a fizzy drink.
Ilena Rasmussen, 43, faces counts of animal cruelty and petty theft after ending the lifetime of a leaping spider in a state of affairs that resulted in her being charged on July 29.
In accordance with The Miami Herald, Rasmussen’s roommate was the primary to note one thing improper, and doubtlessly legal, had occurred.
On July 15, the roommate arrived dwelling to search out her pet spider and its enclosure lacking completely.
She texted Rasmussen, who gave the roommate some stunning information.
“The defendant texted the sufferer admitting to drowning the leaping spider in ginger ale,” the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Workplace wrote in an affidavit, based on the Herald.
As a result of the drowning was allegedly intentional, Rasmussen was hit with the animal cruelty cost.
The creepy crawly’s lacking enclosure was answered with a petty theft cost.
This arachnid was no widespread home spider, it appears.
Authorities valued the pet leaping spider at $70, though no precise species identification has been provided but. (It seems, there are more than 6,000 species of leaping spiders.)
Rasmussen seems to be taking the state of affairs, and the fees that go together with it, as one thing of a joke.
In accordance with the New York Post, Rasmussen took to social media to make a number of merciless posts referencing the loss of life of the spider.
“Are my quarter-hour up but? I’m bored….,” Rasmussen had written within the “Intro” part of her Facebook web page Wednesday morning.
Different posts embrace an image of Rasmussen flashing a can of ginger ale — the lethal arm in her alleged crime.
She additionally posted her mugshot with a affirmation that it was her within the photograph.
Rasmussen has additionally organized a GoFundMe to cowl “authorized charges for the spider drowner.”
The fundraiser, with a $1,000 aim, has solely reached $35 from three donations as of Wednesday morning.
This text appeared initially on The Western Journal.
