Beloved Rooster 'Brought a Lot of Joy' to Miss. Town. Now, Corrections Officer Is Accused of Killing Him
Carl the Rooster.Photo: Christina Louise Jackson/Facebook Thanks to the efforts of a group of brokenhearted citizens, a 35-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly killing a cherished member of the Ocean Springs, Miss., community: Carl the Rooster. “Carl was a local icon,” Ocean Springs resident Ron Kleber tells PEOPLE. “He was a friendly, neighborhood rooster. All the children loved him and everybody wanted pictures with him.” Carl the Rooster was a regular at Twisted Anchor Tattoo, Kleber explains, but would “hang out downtown, visiting all the businesses and his friends....