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June 16, 2008

Raccoons found drowned in trash can

The East Providence police and state environmental officials are investigating the drowning of three baby raccoons, which were found Saturday night in a trash barrel on Second Street.

Nobody has been arrested, but whoever drowned the raccoons could face a felony charge of malicious injury or killing of an animal, Lt. Stephen J. Enos said.

The owner of the Second Street building, who does not live there, had been having problems with raccoons in an attic space in the building, Enos said. The owner went to the building on Saturday night and found the raccoons in a barrel in the back yard, he said. Enos would not release the exact address of the building.

The state Department of Environmental Management is working with East Providence police detectives on the matter, Enos said. The dead raccoons have been seized as evidence, he said.

-- Journal staff writer Edward Fitzpatrick

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