I’m glad that the turtle is safe and unharmed.
This sounds like the kind of stupid stunt that some bored kid, 10-12, pulls during summer vacation.
That the police are going after the “culprit” is a bit much.
I agree. Back in the day, this would have been what is Edubabble is called a "teachable moment". Cases of distress caused to animals by kids who didn't know better in my neighbourhood involved the parish priest patiently explaining that it would have been NO FUN AT ALL had we been in the posistion in which we had placed the poor critter. Object lesson in empathy and we were all the wiser for it. By criminalizing such events, any hope that the kid would learn from the experience is dashed by lawyers insisting that he's blameless.
Prolly a test run for the lawn chair balloon setup the kids planning for before back-to-school. They prolly didnt mean to let im go