LONGMONT — Police on Monday ticketed two Longmont High School students on suspicion of four counts of felony aggravated animal abuse and a third student was referred to restorative justice in the deaths of four geese police believe the teenagers intentionally ran down with an SUV on Jan. 1.
According to police, witnesses say a white SUV stopped near 12th Avenue and Sumner Street, and a boy got out, herded geese out of a yard and into the roadway. Then the driver of the truck accelerated into the geese, killing three of them. A fourth died later.
Witnesses reported recognizing the SUV as one frequently parked at Longmont High School, which allowed police to identify the students.
Longmont Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur said on Tuesday that the 17-year-old driver and the 16-year-old boy who herded the geese into the road were ticketed, while the third teen, also 16, who waited in the SUV was referred to the restorative justice program.
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