Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Killing Peacocks Released On Bond

CHATSWORTH, CA — A 61-year-old man suspected of killing two wild peacocks in Chatsworth's Lake Manor was out of jail on bond Wednesday morning.

Floyd Belton was taken into custody at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday at the Los Angeles County sheriff's Lost Hills station in Malibu and was released about 8:20 p.m. His bail had been set at $80,000, according to LASD jail records.

Belton was sought by authorities after witnesses said he used his pickup truck to run over two birds on a street in the community located near Chatsworth Reservoir last month.

"He actually aimed right for them as opposed to stopping," resident Melanie Kline told ABC7. ``How could somebody be that evil?"

A court date for Belton was not immediately scheduled.

City News Service