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Originally published June 8, 2011 at 11:43 AM | Page modified June 10, 2011 at 1:14 PM

Man with dead weasel-like creature accused of Hoquiam assault

Police say a man was carrying a dead weasel when he burst into a Hoquiam apartment and assaulted a man.

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HOQUIAM, Wash. —

Police say a man was carrying a dead weasel when he burst into a Hoquiam apartment and assaulted a man.

The victim asked, "Why are you carrying a weasel?" Police said the attacker said, "It's not a weasel, it's a martin," then punched him in the nose and fled.

The attacker was apparently looking for his girlfriend and had gone to her former boyfriend's apartment Monday night where the victim was a guest.

KXRO reports he left carcass behind.

Police later found the suspect arguing with his girlfriend at another location and arrested the 33-year-old Hoquiam man after a fight.

He said he had found the martin dead near Hoquiam, but police don't know why he carried it with him.

A martin is a member of the weasel family.

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Information from: KXRO-AM, http://www.kxro.com

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