{"id":494149,"date":"2026-10-13T01:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/494149\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T01:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:30:09","slug":"mail-carrier-charged-in-pasadena-peacock-attack-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/494149\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail carrier charged in Pasadena peacock attack \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A United States Postal Service worker has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/pasadena-peacock-attack-investigation\/3931542\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/pasadena-peacock-attack-investigation\/3931542\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">attacking a wild peacock<\/a> with a rock in August, the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office told NBC Los Angeles on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Charanjit Singh, 48, is facing one misdemeanor count of cruelty to an animal, which carries a maximum penalty of up to one year in county jail and a $20,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p>Singh was captured on video that appeared to show him striking the white peacock with a rock at least twice, then hitting it with a stick. It was not immediately clear what led to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Pasadena Humane, which took in the bird named Sugar and provided medical care, had said the peacock was \u201ccommunally owned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the video of the incident spread on social media, the USPS said it was \u201creviewing the incident and gathering the facts,\u201d but added that mail carriers had previously encountered aggressive animals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPostal employees in this area have experienced previous encounters with peacocks, and the Postal Service has been working with Pasadena Humane regarding concerns involving the birds. We take allegations of inappropriate conduct seriously and will take appropriate action, as warranted, consistent with Postal Service policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sugar has made a full recovery and has been relocated to a private ranch in Northern California, according to Pasadena Humane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A United States Postal Service worker has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly attacking a wild peacock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[713,48,52,51,47,50,49,1977],"class_list":["post-494149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-animals-and-wildlife","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-pasadena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}