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The two teens seen in a viral video showing the beating and torturing a white-tailed buck in Pennsylvania have resolved their cases in court, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said Friday.
The video shot Nov. 30 was shared on social media, and calls for the boys to be prosecuted grew as the game commission investigated for months afterward.
Alexander Brock Smith, 18, was charged as an adult and a 17-year-old boy was charged as a juvenile in January.
Initially facing felony counts, Smith pleaded guilty May 6 in Jefferson County court to a misdemeanor count of cruelty to animals and summary counts of disturbance of game or wildlife, unlawful possession of game or wildlife, using unlawful devices or methods while hunting and failure to wear the required amount of fluorescent orange while hunting.
Smith, the stepson of Brookville’s police chief, had been free…
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