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Woman, teen charged in fatal alpaca beating arrested again

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By Lauren Pack, Staff Writer Updated 2:55 PM Sunday, June 27, 2010

MADISON TWP.— The woman charged in the fatal beating of a baby alpaca in February was taken back to jail Saturday, June 26, on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Stacie Mullins, 23, was booked into the Butler County Jail early Saturday after she was arrested with 17-year-old Nicholas Reynolds, a co-defendant in the theft and animal cruelty case, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.

Reynolds fled from officers who tried to stop the car he was driving when it backed out of a Madison Twp. driveway around 5:30 a.m. and stopped in the middle of Ohio 122, said Lt. Mike Craft.

Reynolds, who is being tried as an adult in the alpaca beating case, was charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence, failure to comply with a police order, resisting arrest, reckless operation, failure to control and driving under suspension.

“Stacie told detectives they fled because the judge told them not to have any contact with each other,” Craft said. Mullins is also charged with wrongful entrustment of a motor vehicle for allegedly permitting Reynolds to drive her car without a valid license and under the influence, according to Detective Rick Bucheit.

During the pursuit, the Camaro driven by Reynolds reached speeds of 80 mph to 90 mph, according to deputies. Stop sticks were deployed on Trenton-Franklin Road, but Reynolds attempted to avoid the tire flattening spikes and hit a tree near Michael Road, according to deputies. Mullins and Reynolds and a third person in the car were uninjured. The third person was not charged. Mullins, of Madison Twp., was free on bond and awaiting trial in September for her part as an alleged accomplice in the fatal beating of a baby alpaca in Madison Twp.

Mullins, Reynolds and Marcus Miller, 18, are accused in the theft and beating of a 3-month-old alpaca named Masterpiece. Authorities said the animal was beaten, put in a truck and dumped in an abandoned barn.

Reynolds and Miller are scheduled to be back in court Tuesday to set trial dates in their cases. They were both 17 at the time of the alleged crime, but will be tried as adults.

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