{Charleston, West Virginia}...Doctors at William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital in Weston has declared 20 year old Mark Thompson of Alum Creek competent to stand trial on an animal cruelty charge. Police said Thompson was high on bath salts when he kidnapped his neighbor's pet pygmy goat, brought the animal back to his bedroom next door and killed it last year. Thompson was found wearing lingerie as he stood next to the dead goat. Kanawha County Circuit Judge James C. Stucky, who ordered a mental evaluation for Thompson last summer, set the trial for June 4th. If convicted, Thompson could face one to five years in prison.
