“On 6/6/2025 around 9:18 PM, the Murray Police Department received a call that an individual had intentionally released a raccoon into an open business, and that this person had left the scene.”
“Officers soon located this individual while he was operating his vehicle, and they conducted a traffic stop on him. The individual, later identified as Jonathan Mason (40) of Murray, KY, refused to roll down his windows or exit the vehicle. As a result, officers had to remove Mr Mason from his vehicle. Upon further investigation, it was learned that the raccoon that Mr Mason released into the business bit a person, and that Mr Mason had already been warned that he was not allowed on the property of that business. Mr Mason was arrested and charged with Assault 2nd Degree, Criminal Trespassing 3rd Degree, Resisting Arrest, and Failure of Owner to Maintain Required Insurance 1st Offense; he was lodged in the Calloway County Jail,” says a Facebook post from the Murray, Kentucky Police Department. Was it really trespassing though if it was the raccoon who entered?
Mason’s previous arrest record includes riding a mule while intoxicated in December 2024, and multiple counts of animal cruelty for excessively whipping the mule several days later, per Fox News.