LINKED BURNS TO MULTIPLE THEFTS DATING BACK TO FEBRUARY. >> DISTURBING NEW VIDEO AT 5 THAT WE HAD TO BLUR OUT. MAN WAS CAUGHT ON RING CAMERAS BEATING A BIRD TO DEATH FOR SIMPLY LANDING ON HIS LAWN IN CAPE CORAL GULF COAST. AND REPORTER MOHAMMED UP TO A CALL. WE SPOKE TO HIS NEIGHBORS TODAY. >> YOU SEE THESE PICTURES RIGHT HERE OVER MY SHOULDER. THIS IS WHERE POLICE SAY A MAN KILLED ONE OF THEM AND IT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA ON A NEIGHBORS RING VIDEO. PRETTY MESSED UP. JACK BRYANT IS LOST FOR WORDS AFTER HIS NEIGHBOR BE TO POOR PIGEON TO DEATH SATURDAY OUTSIDE OF A HOME ON VINCENT STREET. POLICE SAY IT WAS A VICTIM SPENT PART OF HIS HOUSE AND HE GOT US ACTED OUT HERE IN MIDDLE OF THE YARD. >> ANYONE OVER WITH THAT’S JUST BEADED JEWELRY. QUICK MOVING. >> VIDEO WE GOT FROM A NEIGHBOR, QATAR, THE ENTIRE ATTACK. THE MAN ACCUSED OF THE CRIME IS RICHARD CAST. OTHER NEIGHBORS SAY THE THOUGHT OF THIS IS DISTURBING AND ON HE STREET CHILDREN AND HE’S INNOCENT CAN BE. AND SO OUR PATIENTS. >> OR ANY ANIMALS OUT THERE AND WILDLIFE THEY HAVE NO VOICE. >> SO WE CAN’T HURT OR KILL AN INNOCENT ANIMAL THAT HAS NO VOICE. SEVERAL HOURS LATER, POLICE SHOWED UP TO ARREST CASTLE. YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SAME RING CAMERA BEING CAMERAS ARE GREAT AND THERE’S A REASON WHY WE’VE GONE FOR STUFF LIKE THAT TO CATCH THE BAD GUYS. CASTLE IS CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. HE
Disturbing video leads to arrest after pigeon brutally killed outside Cape Coral home
Updated: 5:53 PM EDT Apr 6, 2026
A Cape Coral man was arrested after a neighbor’s video showed him beating and killing a pigeon on Saturday.The video, shared by a neighbor, shows Richard Castle attacking the pigeon with a stick outside his home on Vincennes Street. Jack Bryant, a Cape Coral resident, described the incident.”It’s pretty messed up. I can’t believe that the guy would, would do that to an innocent bird,” Bryant said.Bryant, who saw the video, added, “He just came out of his house, and he got a stick, and he smacked it out here in the middle of the yard. Then he went over with that stick, and he just beat it until it quit moving.”Cape Coral police said the victim, who reported the incident, considered the pigeons as pets and had recently bought them. The pigeons were seen outside where the attack happened.”I don’t care if it’s a dog, cat, pigeon, or insect. Do you know anything? He shouldn’t be killing anything in this society,” said Brian Bonoa, another Cape Coral resident.Several hours later, the same Ring doorbell camera captured multiple officers walking away with Castle. “I don’t understand. It just doesn’t make any sense to me why somebody would kill an innocent animal,” Bryant said.Castle is currently in the Lee County Jail, charged with animal cruelty and criminal mischief. Neighbors are glad the Ring camera helped police gather evidence to arrest Castle.DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.
CAPE CORAL, Fla. —
A Cape Coral man was arrested after a neighbor’s video showed him beating and killing a pigeon on Saturday.
The video, shared by a neighbor, shows Richard Castle attacking the pigeon with a stick outside his home on Vincennes Street. Jack Bryant, a Cape Coral resident, described the incident.
“It’s pretty messed up. I can’t believe that the guy would, would do that to an innocent bird,” Bryant said.
Bryant, who saw the video, added, “He just came out of his house, and he got a stick, and he smacked it out here in the middle of the yard. Then he went over with that stick, and he just beat it until it quit moving.”
Cape Coral police said the victim, who reported the incident, considered the pigeons as pets and had recently bought them. The pigeons were seen outside where the attack happened.
“I don’t care if it’s a dog, cat, pigeon, or insect. Do you know anything? He shouldn’t be killing anything in this society,” said Brian Bonoa, another Cape Coral resident.
Several hours later, the same Ring doorbell camera captured multiple officers walking away with Castle.
“I don’t understand. It just doesn’t make any sense to me why somebody would kill an innocent animal,” Bryant said.
Castle is currently in the Lee County Jail, charged with animal cruelty and criminal mischief. Neighbors are glad the Ring camera helped police gather evidence to arrest Castle.
DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.