DEC delays gun charge decision for Peanut the squirrel’s owner
Nov 22, 2024
By Brendan J. Lyons | Times Union, AlbanyAlbany, N.Y. — A Chemung County man who had his pet squirrel and raccoon seized and euthanized by the state Department of Environmental Conservation last month — triggering an outpouring of anger and a wave of threats against the agency — has not been charged with felony weapons possession despite investigators having allegedly recovered an unregistered short-barreled assault rifle when they searched his residence.