Two Long Island teens were arrested after burning and stabbing a 12-pound turtle to death Saturday, Suffolk County police said.
Roark Xanthos and Thomas Gorman, both 18, picked up the snapper from the side of the road in Bellport about 9:30 a.m., police said.
The masochistic pair doused the turtle with gasoline and tossed it in a makeshift fire pit before setting the reptile ablaze, cops said.
The teens then stabbed the charred chelonian through its shell with a long metal pole, killing the creature.
Cops slapped the pair with animal cruelty and criminal trespass charges.
Roark Xanthos and Thomas Gorman, both 18, picked up the snapper from the side of the road in Bellport about 9:30 a.m., police said.
The masochistic pair doused the turtle with gasoline and tossed it in a makeshift fire pit before setting the reptile ablaze, cops said.
The teens then stabbed the charred chelonian through its shell with a long metal pole, killing the creature.
Cops slapped the pair with animal cruelty and criminal trespass charges.
