SEEKONK,
Mass. (WPRI) - It's a crime you don't hear about every day. A Rhode
Island man is accused of stealing a goat from a Seekonk family, all to
settle a bad debt.
According to officers, Tania DaSilva saw
50-year-old Anthony Pereira Sunday morning riding away from her
family's Elm St. home on a bicycle. She said he was also carrying a
goat he had taken from their barn.
When police stopped Pereira a short time later, they said he was riding his bicycle and was still carrying the goat.
Pereira
told police he stopped by the home because DaSilva's father, Alberto,
owed him money for work he had done on the property. However, when no
one answered the door, he decided to take the goat instead.
Police arrested Pereira on three warrants and charged him with breaking and entering for a misdemeanor and larceny over $250.
Pereira was arraigned Monday at Taunton District Court. The case has been continued to Oct. 14.
The goat was returned to the DaSilva family unharmed.