Alicia Kincheloe, the raccoon she burned alive, and screenshots from the video she posted to Snapchat (Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office)
A 30-year-old woman in Florida is now facing multiple years in prison for posting a Snapchat video of herself torturing a raccoon to death by dousing the animal in gasoline and lighting it on fire in a restaurant dumpster. A jury in Sarasota County on Thursday found Alicia Kincheloe guilty on one count of aggravated cruelty to animals and one count of tampering with evidence, both of which are felonies, authorities announced.
Kincheloe is currently scheduled to appear before Twelfth Circuit Court Judge Donna M. Pradar on Nov. 2 for her sentencing hearing. She is facing a maximum of five years in a state correctional facility on each of the aforementioned charges.
Kincheloe’s father, 63-year-old Roddy Kincheloe, who police say also appeared in the video and was the person who poured the gasoline on the raccoon, was also arrested and is facing one count of aggravated cruelty to animals. His trial date is yet to be scheduled, court records show.
According to a press release from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, members of the agency’s Agricultural Unit on Aug. 11, 2023, were notified about a series of Snapchat videos that began by showing a small raccoon in a dumpster.
The videos, which were posted to Snapchat and narrated by Kincheloe, show a live raccoon in a dumpster behind a restaurant located in the 5700 block of Sarah Avenue. Despite “not showing any assertive or aggressive movements,” Kincheloe can be heard in the first video saying that the raccoon is “mean” as it simply sits and looks at her.
