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Kentucky Man Charged After Raccoon Unleashed Into Crowded Bar | News Channel 3-12
- On the evening of June 6, 2025, officers from the police department in Murray, Kentucky, apprehended 40-year-old Jonathan Mason after he deliberately set a raccoon loose inside a local bar.
- Mason was prohibited from entering the bar due to prior incidents and had a history of disruptive behavior, including a December 2024 episode where he arrived intoxicated while riding a mule.
- After the raccoon incident, officers stopped Mason, but he declined to lower his windows or leave the vehicle, leading them to forcibly remove him before placing him under arrest.
- A raccoon that was released bit an individual who needed a rabies vaccination, and Mason was arrested and faced charges including second-degree assault, third-degree criminal trespassing, resisting arrest, and failure to maintain the legally required insurance.
- Mason was lodged in Calloway County Jail and ordered to stay away from the bar and his mule, indicating ongoing legal consequences and concerns about his behavior and animal treatment.
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Kentucky man charged after raccoon unleashed into crowded bar | News Channel 3-12
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Kentucky man arrested after raccoon incident linked to mule chase
MURRAY, Ky. (FOX 56) — Murray, Kentucky police had another run-in with a man remembered for a police chase involving a mule, but this time, the call for service involved a raccoon. Around 9 p.m. on June 6, Murray police said they received a call reporting that 40-year-old Jonathan Mason let a raccoon loose in the Big Apple Grill and Bar, and it had bitten someone. Court documents show that this is the same bar Mason allegedly visited before lead…
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