2 Teens may face 8yrs in prison for killing a guinea pig
Two high school lacrosse players charged after 'killing a guinea pig in pre-game ritual sacrifice by stabbing the animal and bashing it's head with a baseball bat'
Tanner Coolsaet, 18, and Michael Roth, 17, were arraigned in court on Monday on charges of killing a guinea pig
The two Grosse Ile High School lacrosse players allegedly orchestrated the ritual killing before a match on April 30
They now face up to eight years in prison if convicted
Prosecutors said Coolsaet bought the guinea pig named Tina but backed out of cutting the animal's neck at the last minute
Roth reportedly bashed the animal's skull with a small baseball bat before a third student stabbed the guinea pig to put it out of its misery
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wo high school lacrosse players face up to eight years in prison for torturing and murdering a guinea pig in a bizarre pre-game ritual killing.
Grosse Ile High School lacrosse team captain Tanner Coolsaet, 18, and his teammate Michael Roth, 17, appeared in court on Monday as they were charged with a count each of killing and torturing an animal and conspiracy to kill and torture an animal.
Both charges are felonies that carry a prison term of up to four years.
Tanner Coolsaet, 18 (left), and Michael Roth, 17 (right), were arraigned in court on Monday on charges that they killed a guinea pig before a lacrosse game in April
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In court on Monday, prosecutors described how the two Michigan teens planned and carried out the ritual killing.
Before a big game on April 30, one of the two young men sent out a text message to their other lacrosse teammates, ordering them to meet before the game around 11:30am and bring $1 to contribute to the cost of the guinea pig.
Coolsaet procured the guinea pig named Tina from a nearby pet store, and brought the animal out during the meeting.
He was supposed to cut the pig's throat but backed out at the last minute when the animal started to scream.
From there, the team decided to let the pig 'decide it's own fate' by either walking to one end of the table where it would be spared, or the other end where it would be killed.
Unfortunately, the pig wandered to the wrong side of the table and Roth used a small souvenir baseball bat to bash in the pig's head.
When that didn't kill the animal, a third teammate stepped up and stabbed the guinea pig to put it out of its misery.
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