Deputies Seek Public’s Help In Locating Donkey Killer

May 6, 2009

Sheriff’s deputies are asking for your help in finding the teen accused of shooting a donkey over the weekend near Jacks Branch Road.

Ted Roy, Escambia County Sheriff’s Department spokesman, said the family of  Kyle Mason Driver, 17, is being uncooperative, and deputies have been unable to locate the North Escambia teen.

driver10.jpgAnyone that knows the whereabouts of Kyle Mason Driver of the 1400 block of River Annex Road, Cantonment, is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department at 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at 433-STOP (7867).

Deputies said Driver has confessed to deputies that he shot a donkey on River Annex Road near Jacks Branch Road late Saturday night. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says that he will be charged with felony cruelty to animals causing death, using a weapon during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a person under 18.

The shooting happened within minutes of the birth J.B., a white donkey that has become a local media celebrity of sorts.

For more on the donkey shooting, click here.

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