Man arrested for assaulting beaver

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And for once it wasn't Florida Man, but his northwestern cousin Washington Man.

According to investigators, the animal was run over by a car in park in Kennewick, a city just north of the Oregon border.  Upon seeing the animal get hit, a female witness wrapped the beaver in a towel and went to her residence to retrieve a container in which to place the injured animal.

When the woman returned to the park, she discovered a man--whose pants were unzipped--atop the beaver. The witness called 911.

Rennewick Police Department officers responding to the park then arrested Richard Martin Delp, 35. A police briefing newsletter offered this synopsis: "35 year old male was seen assaulting a dead beaver."

Delp, cops say, "admitted to the crime." A search subsequent to Delp's arrest turned up methamphetamine. Charged with animal cruelty and narcotics possession, Delp is being held without bail in the Benton County jail.