He is about five feet from me, and I could see him positioning the stick to strike a duck that he was luring with food. I then shout/yell at the kid, “HEY, LEAVE THAT DUCK ALONE.

Police charged a Hampton man with animal cruelty after he admitted he struck another man’s pet duck with a stick, causing it to die, according to a criminal complaint. Kenneth J. Sharer, 63 ...