Man forced kids to kill family mini pig with hammer, hit girl with ‘detached dryer cable’ because she spilled chips on kitchen counter: Cops

Glen Byrd (Clay County Jail).

A Florida man is accused of forcing kids to beat their family pig to death with a hammer and striking a girl with a “detached dryer cable” because she spilled chips on the kitchen counter.

Glen Byrd, 35, is facing child abuse and animal cruelty charges, court records show. A probable cause arrest affidavit obtained by Jacksonville CBS affiliate WJAX said Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputies began investigating when they were tipped off about the abuse toward the girl. Byrd allegedly hit her with the dryer cable on Nov. 23.

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She also reportedly accused Byrd of pouring juice on her and her siblings and using a hammer to shatter a glass table. Deputies reviewed photos of the girl’s injuries and called them “egregious and not consistent with reasonable physical discipline,” the affidavit reportedly said.

Investigators interviewed the children in the home, including Byrd’s 17-year-old stepson, and uncovered additional alleged crimes. In October, Byrd wanted to get rid of the family teacup (mini) pig and had the children kill it, the affidavit reportedly said. He allegedly made the kids “strike the family’s pet pig, with a hammer, until it stopped moving.” Byrd then had the stepson throw the pig’s body in the neighborhood retention pond, the affidavit reportedly said.