Cow-cop oral sex was no crime
MOUNT HOLLY — Because prosecutors couldn’t definitively prove that the oral sex performed on Moorestown Police Officer Robert Melia Jr. by five cows wasn’t consensual, the animal cruelty charges against him were dropped.
Bestiality is legal in New Jersey, so the burden was on the Burlington County Prosecutor team to prove that the five underage cow calves didn’t enjoy fellating Melia.
Judge James Morley ruled Wednesday that prosecutors did not present enough evidence to jurors that Melia’s video-recorded actions constituted torment to the animals on a Southampton farm.
The judge disregarded the prosecutions claims when they reportedly said the suckling calves’ repeated head-butts to the officer’s stomach when they didn’t get their expected drink of milk was a clear indication of at least mild annoyance to the cows.
Melia was charged with tormenting the animals after police found the video footage of the officer and his barnyard pals while they were investigating allegations the officer and his former girlfriend Heather Lewis together molested three young girls.
Those charges remain against the officer.
MOUNT HOLLY — Because prosecutors couldn’t definitively prove that the oral sex performed on Moorestown Police Officer Robert Melia Jr. by five cows wasn’t consensual, the animal cruelty charges against him were dropped.
Bestiality is legal in New Jersey, so the burden was on the Burlington County Prosecutor team to prove that the five underage cow calves didn’t enjoy fellating Melia.
Judge James Morley ruled Wednesday that prosecutors did not present enough evidence to jurors that Melia’s video-recorded actions constituted torment to the animals on a Southampton farm.
The judge disregarded the prosecutions claims when they reportedly said the suckling calves’ repeated head-butts to the officer’s stomach when they didn’t get their expected drink of milk was a clear indication of at least mild annoyance to the cows.
Melia was charged with tormenting the animals after police found the video footage of the officer and his barnyard pals while they were investigating allegations the officer and his former girlfriend Heather Lewis together molested three young girls.
Those charges remain against the officer.
