Group Guilty of Felony Castrations

(Waynesville, North Carolina) Three men pleaded guilty to felony castration for removing the naughty parts from six men who asked for it. Richard Peter "Master Rick" Sciara, 62, Michael Mendez, 61, and Danny Carroll Reeves, 50, all admitted to charges of felony castration without malice and felony maiming without malice.

Although home removal of the male chubby and its neighbors is a crime, Judge Dennis Winner recognized that there were essentially no victims due to the sadomasochistic proclivities of everyone involved. Consequently, the sentences imposed yesterday for all three largely equal their time already served in jail. Only Sciara remains to be released, on March 29th.

It's not clear how the authorities became aware of the bizarre group, however, a search of the facilities set up in an enclosed residential carport was ultimately conducted and police "found evidence including a scrotum and a testicle kept in a freezer." Why is a mystery.

In court, Assistant District Attorney Jim Moore disclosed that Sciara and his team performed the surgeries while in the nude. And although disputed by the defense, on one occasion "Sciara was drinking a beer and smoking while castrating a man."

Odd behavior, by any measure, however, some explanation was provided by Anthony Sciara, Richard's brother and the only witness to testify during yesterday's proceedings. Anthony Sciara defended his brother by saying he only did the surgeries to be helpful to others, implying that Richard viewed himself as charitable, compassionate and kind.

Sciara's attorney, Roy Patton, explained that two individuals who desired extreme body modification sought out Sciara.

They wanted Sciara to amputate their legs above the knees and had already each cut a finger off with garden shears to show their love for one another.

Sciara would not perform the amputation, he said.

The other men who had the procedures complained of testicular pain.

They included a computer programmer, a truck driver and an Army Reserve soldier, Patton said.

Some of the men had fake testicles called "nuteciles" implanted, and one had his penis removed entirely. Another man had the head of his penis cut off.

"(Sciara) felt like the medical system was not addressing the needs of this not-small group who had these needs, whether they were imagined or just emotional," Patton said, likening the operations to abortions and breast enhancements.

As part of their sentences, Sciara, Mendez and Reeves will be on probation for three years. I'd recommend that they be watched very closely.

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