Longmont Teens Get Away With It...

The three boys involved in the herding of geese into a street, where they were run over with an SUV, were caught.  One of the youngsters was evidently old enough to have a drivers license, and, therefore, should be able to distinguish right from wrong.  What happened to the kids?
" 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 Commander 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.
Catherine Olguin, spokeswoman for the Boulder District Attorney's Office, said the teens have been scheduled to appear in Boulder juvenile court Feb. 1 for formal filing of charges.
Officials have not released the teens' names because the charges filed are not classified high enough to require the public release of juvenile names."
The way I read this report, other than possibly paying a fine, and/or performing community service, the young men will not be punished.  Killing a defenseless animal for fun shows that a person has no soul.  I still feel they need to be charged with felony cruelty, even if they are 16 and 17 years old!  Don't just rap their knuckles and tell them they have been bad boys....