Cross-Dresser Arrested with Dead Goat

(Charleston, West Virginia) A 19-year-old local man, Mark Lucas Thompson, has been accused of animal cruelty after being caught by deputies standing over the dead carcass of a stolen pet pygmy goat while wearing women's underwear.

Thompson reportedly had stolen the pet pink-collared goat, named Bailey, from the front yard of neighbor Lisa Powers who alerted the authorities.

Deputy J.S. Shackelford and Detective Sean Snuffer investigated.

Three people who were with Powers told the deputy they had been inside Thompson's home and had seen the goat and it was dead. They had learned of the goat's whereabouts from an acquaintance who was in Thompson's home and called.

Two of the three went to Thompson's home to look for the goat and found the front door open. They went inside the house, and one went into the middle bedroom where she found Thompson in a bra and woman's panties standing three feet from the goat's body.

Thompson ran out of the house wearing only a muscle shirt and thong underwear.

Thompson later returned and was arrested. According to Detective Snuffer, Thompson claimed to have been high on bath salts, a synthetic stimulant, and wasn't thinking right.

The detective said the goat had a single stab wound. The body was taken to a veterinarian to determine the cause of death and whether it had been sexually assaulted.

Thompson was booked into custody at the South Regional Jail with bond set at $50,000.