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Updated 9:36 AM Monday, March 1, 2010

MADISON TWP. — A 17-year-old boy is charged after he is accused of beating a three month-old alpaca to death earlier this month, WKRC-TV Local 12 reported.

The youth is charged with animal cruelty, breaking and entering and tampering with evidence and is being held in the Butler County Juvenile Detention Center in Hamilton.

Another 17-year-old and a 22-year-old woman also may be charged in the case, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, Local 12 reported.

The animal was at a farm in the 1700 block of Brown Run Road in Madison Twp., and had been reported stolen.

Deputies say those involved beat the young alpaca and took the animal away in a truck and beat it again until it was dead before dumping it in an abandoned barn on Elk Creek Road in Montgomery County, Local 12 reported.

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