Laurie Pardee
Joyce Parker
A 75-year-old Holmes Beach man faces felony cruelty to an animal charge after what police say was a deadly attack on a great heron.
Laurie Pardee, 671 Key Royale Drive, Holmes Beach, was arrested June 16 after allegedly shooting the heron with a .22 caliber handgun from his porch.
According to police, Pardee shot the animal, but it did not die. Pardee then allegedly began beating the bird with a net and ultimately stomped it to death before throwing the heron into Tampa Bay.
Three adult witnesses saw the incident and contacted police, who noted that Pardee initially admitted to the incident. The bird’s body was recovered.
During the course of the investigation, Joyce Parker, 76, also was arrested for felony tampering with evidence.
According to the report, Parker attempted to hide the handgun from police by placing it in a closet under some linen. Police allege that Parker “made several false statements” during the investigation.
Pardee was charged felony cruelty to an animal and misdemeanor discharging a firearm within city limits, and booked into the Manatee County jail. He was being held on $1,500 bond, but according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, Pardee posted bond the same day.
Parker was charged with felony tampering with evidence and misdemeanor obstruction. She initially was held overnight on $1,500 bond, but was released on her own recognizance June 17, according to the MCSO website.
Parker and Pardee were scheduled for arraignment July 13, at 9 a.m.
Terrible!
You mean the miscreant not only killed a heron but let his sweetie spend a night in the slammer while he told his buddies all about it over at Duffy’s? What a mensch.
Dorkus bails himself out but let’s his sweetie spend a night in the slammer. What a mensch.
So sad for the bird and so discouraged these people are my neighbors.
What a dreadful thing to do – hope he gets the book thrown at him! (and she’s no better for aiding and abetting!)
Thats terrible,the guy should be put through a mental evaluation,he’s nuts !
Throw the book at these nuts… next thing they shoot could beone of us. Quess the may try to us the “stand your ground defence”
What a horrible, cruel act. I cannot believe there would be a sane reason for this happening.
disgusting – as regular visitors from the UK, we love the wildlife especially the birdlife. If there was any justice, someone would shoot him with a .22 and stomp on his neck. Hope he gets the severest criminal penalty available and total rejection by his neighbours
Yea, Linda and Tony! I agree totally with you! Mr. Pardee is a sad excuse for a human.
Would’nt it be great if we could VOTE THEM OFF THE ISLAND! Vile and Disgusting. Poor Key Royale. Embezzlers and bird killers. Bradenton Beach is getting classier by the minute!
You have to wonder what he has done in the past …how many animals has he killed and gotten away with it
Yeah, I hope his neighbors give him hell along with everybody else on the Island who recognizes him. Too bad the residents of Anna Maria can’t vote those two losers off the Island.
Not forgivable. They should be made to do community service at a wildlife rehab center.
Throw the book at these two.
,….Mental Evaluation necessary, especially if they see “no wrong in doing what they did!