Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shouldn’t be on police radar in New York for dumping a lifeless bear in Central Park a decade in the past … TMZ has discovered.
NYPD sources inform TMZ they don’t seem to be investigating the impartial presidential candidate. We additionally checked with the New York State Division of Environmental Conservation, and RFK Jr.’s within the clear there as properly.
New Yorker’s @ClareMalone obtained a photograph of RFK and the lifeless bear cub pic.twitter.com/UGGp70walH
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NYSDEC mentioned they carried out a 2014 investigation into the Central Park bear cub’s demise, concluding the bear died from blunt-force trauma in line with a high-speed collision. As a result of an absence of proof, they closed the probe later that yr with out issuing any citations.
Now, NYSDEC has the ability to concern citations for the unlawful disposal of a bear — violators might be fined $250. Factor is … there is a one-year statute of limitations on this offense, so RFK Jr. is approach within the clear.
This comes a day after Kennedy owned as much as the entire bear-in-the-park stunt that had locals scratching their heads for 10 years. RFK Jr. recounted the story in an obvious try and get forward of a narrative by The New Yorker … which is now out and encompasses a pic of RFK Jr. with the lifeless cub.
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RFK posted a video on X … saying he was driving throughout a searching journey along with his falcon when a lady in entrance of him struck and killed a bear. Within the video, he is relaying the story to actor Roseanne Barr.
He grabbed the bear off the highway as a result of he says he didn’t wish to let the meat go to waste … however he bought caught up with different stuff and by no means made it dwelling to refrigerate the animal, so he simply determined to dump it in Central Park.
RFK Jr. mentioned, again then, there had been a bunch of pedestrians getting hit by cyclists within the park … so he and his associates thought it might be humorous to pin the bear’s demise on a motorcycle rider.
After all, nobody thought it was humorous, and the NYPD’s Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad confirmed up in Central Park to determine what occurred.. However the investigation misplaced steam, and Kennedy says no one bought in contact with him till The New Yorker started piecing all of it collectively.
