By . Associated Press . A suburban Boston firefighter has been arrested and placed on administrative leave over allegations he killed 11 of his neighbor's chickens by poisoning them. Frank Sargent, 66, fed the chickens in his neighbor's backyard coop food pellets laced with rat poison in Carlisle, Massachusetts, between April and July, police told The Lowell Sun. Sargent initially denied the allegations, but later admitted that he poisoned the chickens because their noise was keeping him and his family up at night, a police report says. Frank Sargent, 66, fed the chickens in his neighbor's backyard coop food pellets laced with rat poison (library image) The firefighter had contacted town officials and police several times to complain about the noise. Sargent's family said he had no comment. The chicken's owners also declined to comment. Sargent was charged last week with 11 counts of malicious killing of a domestic animal.
Frank Sargent, 66, laced the chicken's food pellets with rat poison . He initially denied allegations but then admitted he did it because of the noise . Sargent was charged with 11 counts of malicious killing of a domestic animal .