Quite the wild situation unfolded in small-town Kentucky recently. A Murray, Kentucky man, identified by the Murray Police Department as 40-year-old Jonathan Mason, was arrested for allegedly releasing a raccoon into an open business. According to a Murray Police Department’s Facebook post, Mason arrived at the unnamed business around 9:18 p.m. on June 6 and released the animal. The raccoon subsequently bit a patron inside the business, police said.
Mason had already previously been warned not to return to the business, according to police. After being pulled over by police, Mason allegedly refused to roll down his window for the officers, who removed Mason from his car. The reportedly rabid raccoon’s release inside the business was just the latest in a string of animal-related offenses committed by Mason, police said.
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