Two men stole and eat a calf while camping outside
David Lochner, 21 and Timothy Welch, 18, were camping outside Palmyra stole a calf from a neighbor’s barn, they shot it with an arrow and slit its throat before roasting its meat, police said.
Palmyra, 20 miles southeast of Rochester
John Stubbe, State Police Investigator said that several weeks ago when a dairy farmer reported his calf missing.
The authorities found a bloody bow and remains in the river near the barn. The two men said they had shot a deer with an arrow. But Stubbe said the two had walked from their campsite to Brandon Hoad’s barn and broke them, while authorities later determined of the two men.
The farmer said that the two were staying with someone who worked for him but doesn’t know about the disappearance of Emmy, a 2 month old female calf.
Stubbe said the two are hungry decided they wanted something to eat, that’s why they led the calf out in the barn, shot in an arrows and cut its throat.
The two men were arrested and arraigned Wednesday on burglary charges. Police said the charges are pending including cruelty of animals.
The two men Lochner and Welch remain jailed on $25,000 bail each. County police didn’t know if the two men have an attorneys.
Stubbe said “I’ve seen farm animals stolen but I don’t recall anything like what happened Emmy, where two kids were out camping and they thought they needed a meal.”
Hoad said “Event though I’ve got a reason to me, it still doestn’t solve as of now - its just heinousness of it.” Hoad, grew up on the farm and keep about 65 dairy cows.
