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Florida woman runs over 11 baby ducklings ‘multiple times’ then gives heartless reason for killing them: police

Nypost · · 325 words · By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
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Florida woman runs over 11 baby ducklings ‘multiple times’ then gives heartless reason for killing them: police A heartless Florida woman killed 11 baby ducks by driving her car over the helpless brood “multiple times” because she was ticked off that they…

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What happened

Florida woman runs over 11 baby ducklings ‘multiple times’ then gives heartless reason for killing them: police A heartless Florida woman killed 11 baby ducks by driving her car over the helpless brood “multiple times” because she was ticked off that they…

Why it matters

Beverly Sasberry, 64, was hit with 11 counts of felony animal cruelty for the shocking April 25 incident outside her home in Jacksonville, the sheriff’s office said on Facebook.

Common ground

The department said a pair of passersby saw Sasberry behind the wheel of her red Honda Accord as she mowed down the ducklings and turned “her vehicle around multiple times to hit them.” According to WFIE-TV News, the mother duck and two ducklings dodged the…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/us-news/florida-woman-runs-over-11-baby-ducklings-…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “shocking surveillance video footage captured youngsters stomping and killing a duck in Fort Lauderdale”
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Multiple sources confirm surveillance footage captured children/youths stomping and killing a duck in Fort Lauderdale.
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web search NEUTRAL — Police in Fort Lauderdale are searching for a child seen on home‑surveillance video stomping and killing a duck in a resident’s yard. The footage shows two children chasing the duck before one catches…
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/video/police-search-for-child-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police in Fort Lauderdale said they’ve identified a child who was caught on camera brutally killing a duck last month.Man records wife being detained by federal immigration agents. New timeline, 911 c…
https://www.nbcmiami.com/video/nbc-6-news/police-id-child-wh…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fort Lauderdale police are searching for a young boy seen on video killing a duck in a resident’s yard this week, an incident investigators are treating as an animal cruelty case.
https://dailymiaminews.com/2026/01/fort-lauderdale-police-se…
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Claim 2: “she told them she intentionally killed the ducks because she was upset they made a mess in her yard”
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Three independent web sources state that Sasberry told witnesses she intentionally killed the ducks because they made a mess in her yard.
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web search NEUTRAL — When the couple confronted Sasberry a few days later, she reportedly showed no remorse. She told the witnesses she killed the animals on purpose because she was angry about the mess they were making i…
https://www.tampafp.com/feathers-and-11-felonies-florida-wom…
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web search NEUTRAL — The couple confronted the woman a few days later, and she told them she intentionally killed the ducks because she was upset they made a mess in her yard. The couple reported the incident to Jacksonvi…
https://westorlandonews.com/florida-woman-intentionally-ran-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Beverly Sasberry, 64, is facing 11 felony charges after intentionally running over baby ducklings.When the couple confronted the woman days later, she told them she intentionally killed the ducks beca…
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2026/04/30/woman-intenti…
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Claim 3: “Craig Vogt, 61, was arrested by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office in Florida in September for allegedly killing, cooking and eating two of his pet peacocks”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Craig Vogt or peacocks.
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Claim 4: “a pair of passersby saw Sasberry behind the wheel of her red Honda Accord as she mowed down the ducklings and turned “her vehicle around multiple times to hit them.””
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Witness reports across multiple sources describe Sasberry driving a red Honda Accord and repeatedly turning around to hit the ducklings.
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web search NEUTRAL — Officers identified Beverly Sasberry as the owner of the red Honda Accord. On Thursday, April 30, officers pulled Sasberry over and arrested her following an interview. She faced 11 counts — one for e…
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2026/04/30/woman-intenti…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to Jacksonville law enforcement, 64-year-old Beverly Sasberry is facing 11 felony charges after she intentionally ran over baby ducklings with her vehicle.
https://westorlandonews.com/florida-woman-intentionally-ran-…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to witnesses, the driver didn’t just hit the birds once; she allegedly turned the vehicle around and drove over them multiple times to ensure they were struck. When the couple confronted Sas…
https://www.tampafp.com/feathers-and-11-felonies-florida-wom…
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Claim 5: “the mother duck and two ducklings dodged the car and survived”
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While some sources mention the incident, the specific detail about the mother duck and two ducklings surviving is not corroborated in the provided evidence. One source mentions two ducklings surviving, but it refers to a different incident in Queenstown, NZ (Sgt Newell), not the Jacksonville case.
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web search NEUTRAL — The efficacy and safety of vitamin C for iron supplementation in adult patients...
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle…
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web search NEUTRAL — Beverly Sasberry, 64, is facing 11 felony charges after intentionally running over baby ducklings.On Thursday, April 30, officers pulled Sasberry over and arrested her following an interview. She face…
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2026/04/30/woman-intenti…
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web search NEUTRAL — Only two ducklings survived the incident, which occurred in front of a group of tourists waiting to board a bus, Sgt Newell said. Anyone with information is asked to contact Queenstown police on (03) …
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ducks-deliberately-mown-down-b…
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Claim 6: “On Thursday, the sheriff’s deputies spotted the Honda and pulled Sasberry over and arrested her.”
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Multiple sources confirm she was pulled over and arrested on Thursday, April 30, by officers/sheriff's office.
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 6, 2013 · 在美国police、marshal与sheriff有什么区别？ 最近在看美剧《火线警探》（Justified），发现里面的男主为US Marshal，佩枪，可杀人，不用穿警服，和法院一个办公楼。 对各种已知的名称表示… 显示全部 关注者 111
https://www.zhihu.com/question/21755752
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web search NEUTRAL — 美国的县比市大。 县就是County，也就是你说的“郡”。 LAPD这种市警察机构一般叫Police Department或者Department of Public Safety。 LASD这种县警察机构一般叫Sheriff's Office或者Sheriff’s Department。 但我不建议把Sheriff's Office译成“县警”，因为美国还有County Police，这样就混淆…
https://www.zhihu.com/question/49891429
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 11, 2013 · 这两个词很难区分吗？一般人搞不清楚的应该是sheriff跟 marshal 吧。 小镇居民选举一个人来维持镇上的治安，这个人就叫 sheriff。然后他根据小镇居民赋予他的权力，雇了一票人，发枪给他们，让他们协助自己维持治安，这票人就都是他的deputy。
https://www.zhihu.com/question/20773228
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Claim 7: “A heartless Florida woman killed 11 baby ducks by driving her car over the helpless brood “multiple times””
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that a woman in Jacksonville, Florida, intentionally drove over 11 ducklings multiple times.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 9/11 Memorial at Windermere, Florida is a memorial dedicated to the victims of the September 11 attacks in New York City, the Pentagon and Flight 93 in 2001. The memorial features a piece of steel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_Memorial_(Windermere,_Flo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Florida ( FLORR-ih-də; Spanish: [floˈɾiða] ) is a state in the Southeastern and South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — State Road 11 (SR 11) is a north–south route in Flagler and Volusia Counties, running from US 17 north of DeLand to US 1 in Bunnell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_Road_11
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Claim 8: “Vogt was angry that his neighbor kept feeding the birds so he killed them in a twisted act of revenge — and put a letter in the neighbor’s mailbox to tell him what he had done”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Craig Vogt or the alleged motive involving a neighbor.
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Claim 9: “Beverly Sasberry, 64, was hit with 11 counts of felony animal cruelty for the shocking April 25 incident outside her home in Jacksonville”
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Multiple sources confirm Beverly Sasberry, 64, was charged with 11 counts of felony animal cruelty for an incident on April 25 in Jacksonville.
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web search NEUTRAL — Beverly Sasberry was arrested April 30 and charged with 11 counts of animal cruelty following an investigation by Jacksonville Sheriff's Office District 4 patrol officers. According to authorities, th…
https://jaxlegalnotice.com/2026/05/01/jacksonville-woman-cha…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sasberry's car was pulled over by officers on Thursday, April 30, according to the sheriff's office, and she was arrested on 11 felony counts of animal cruelty.
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/ducklings-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Beverly Sasberry, 64, was hit with 11 counts of felony animal cruelty for the shocking April 25 incident outside her home in Jacksonville, the sheriff's office said on Facebook.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/us-news/florida-woman-runs-ove…
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Claim 10: “cops pulled it from the police department’s online announcement of a $5,000 reward for information on the young culprit”
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Sources confirm the Fort Lauderdale Police Department offered a $5,000 reward for information regarding the child in the video.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fort Lauderdale (, LAW-dər-dayl) is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, 30 miles (48 km) north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the seat of government of and most populous cit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 6, 2017, a mass shooting occurred at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida, United States, near the baggage claim in Terminal 2. Five people were killed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale_airport_shooti…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (IATA: FLL, ICAO: KFLL, FAA LID: FLL) is a major public airport located in unincorporated Broward County, Florida, United States, roughly 3 miles (4.8 k…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale–Hollywood_Inte…
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.