A Staten Island man killed his ex-wife’s parakeet by breaking it “in half” while he threatened the woman with a knife, a report said.
Javier Villanueba snatched the pet from its cage during a April 24 argument and “snapped [the bird] in half,” according to the Staten Island Advance.
In a plea deal this week, he copped to criminal weapon possession and disorderly conduct.
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