Florida man arrested on suspicion of hitting seagull with PVC...

A Florida man faces a charge of animal cruelty after police said he used a PVC pipe to hit a seagull in Clearwater.

Kenneth Terry Craddock, 30, who's listed as transient in Pinellas County Sheriff's Office records, allegedly swung a nearly 5-foot-long piece of pipe to strike and hurt the gull on Tuesday.

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Clearwater police said the injured bird is at an area sanctuary.

Craddock remains in jail on $150 bail as of Saturday morning.

Here's the PVC pipe used in the gull attack -- nearly 5 feet long. Owl's Nest Sanctuary is taking care of the injured bird. pic.twitter.com/liITlQXuF8
— Clearwater Police Department (@myclearwaterPD) February 14, 2017

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Florida man arrested on suspicion of hitting seagull with PVC pipe