SC teens on a four-wheeler, motorcycle terrorized a turkey house. Now 200 animals are dead

South Carolina teenagers on a four-wheeler and a motorcycle terrorized a turkey house and damaged crops, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office said. Now more than 200 birds are dead.

Deputies were called to a residence in east Sumter County on Monday for a civil dispute, to investigate a complaint of the property owner.

An investigation found that the owner asked the teenagers to leave the property Sunday after he discovered the doors to their turkey houses were open and tracks from an ATV and a motorcycle were inside.

When the owner entered the turkey houses, he found more than 200 birds dead, that appeared to have trampled one another, Sumter sheriff’s office said.

Deputies also found that the “juvenile joy riders” also damaged crops.

Three teenagers admitted to driving the vehicles on the property and inside the turkey house, the sheriff’s office said. The case will be handled in family court.

Alexa Jurado

The State

Alexa Jurado is a news reporter for The State covering Lexington County and Richland County schools. She previously wrote about the University of South Carolina and contributes to this coverage. A Chicago suburbs native, Alexa graduated from Marquette University and previously wrote for publications in Illinois and Wisconsin. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, the Milwaukee Press Club and the South Carolina Press Association.