Ohio man guilty of making ‘animal crush’ torture videos
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WASHINGTON (WJW) — An Ohio man pleaded guilty to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of “extreme violence and sexual abuse” against monkeys in what the United States Department of Justice referred to as “animal crush” videos.
Federal prosecutors said Ronald P. Bedra, of Etna, in Licking County, which is east of Columbus, pleaded guilty to conspiring to create and distribute so-called “animal crush” videos.
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According to court documents, Bedra conspired with others to create and distribute the videos which depicted acts of sadistic violence against baby and adult monkeys, including having digits and limbs severed and being forcibly sodomized with a heated screwdriver.
“The conspirators used encrypted chat apps to direct money to individuals in Indonesia willing to commit the requested acts of torture on camera. Bedra also mailed a thumb drive containing 64 videos of monkey torture to a co-conspirator in Wisconsin,” according to the DOJ.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FBI, and other law enforcement agencies investigated the case.
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