A Hawaiian teen could face up to 10 years behind bars for stealing a woman’s pet pig and killing it to win a $1,000 hunting contest. 19-year-old Jayden Jarnesky-Magana and his 20-year-old accomplice, Krys Ryan Saito-Carino, took the pig named “Eddie” from Sarah Haynes’ farm and filmed a fake hunting video, which showed their dogs attacking the pig. However, contest organizers became suspicious when they noticed Eddie was neutered and heavier than typical wild pigs, per the New York Post.
The woman told KHON2, “Nobody believed him.”
How He Got Caught
Eddie was too heavy for the men to carry from their truck to the scale. Yet, they still took home the $1,000 prize for the biggest pig. In August, Jarnesky-Magana and Saito-Carino were apprehended for animal cruelty after an investigation. Jarnesky-Magana changed his plea to no contest and will be sentenced soon. Saito-Carino is expected to do the same. Haynes is holding a rally to raise awareness about animal cruelty.
“Eddie was super friendly.. Little kids could hug him, you know, he’d sit. You could get him to bark like a dog. I mean, he was just the most adorable, sweet, gentle soul,” Haynes said.
She adopted the pig a few years back and took him to her Kitty Charm Farm in Haiku after he was discovered wandering in Kihei with scars and rope burns. It is believed he was used to train hunting dog.
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