Collinsville police have made an arrest this week in response to reports that some stupid, ignorant jackass punched a noble, dignified donkey in the face and posted a video of the act online.
Lucas Dietrich, eighteen, was charged on Thursday with two class A misdemeanors after a video was posted to the Twitter account @LucasJDietrich on Monday that depicted a fist striking a donkey in the side of the head. Investigators were able to identify the animal, which was behind a green metal fence in the video, as a thirteen-year-old female named Amore from Willoughby Farm in Collinsville.
Police say Dietrich, who they confirmed owns the Twitter account, was cooperative with officers and the video was subsequently found on his cell phone as well.
In a statement to the Belleville News-Democrat, Collinsville Police Lt. Brett Boerm says Dietrich was not trespassing at the time the video was shot.…