huskernumerouno Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Making-faces charge dropped in Vermont Charges dismissed against N.H. woman who made faces at police dog Updated: 11:23 a.m. ET June 7, 2007 CHELSEA, Vt. - A prosecutor dropped charges against a woman who was arrested for staring at and making faces at a police dog. After all, the prosecutor reasoned, the four-legged witness can’t testify. Jayna Hutchinson was about to go on trial this week on charges of cruelty to a police animal and resisting arrest, but the case was dropped Tuesday. “I think it was going to be difficult to prove her conduct changed the dog’s behavior,” Orange County State’s Attorney Will Porter said. “Most of the time (in harassment cases) people would come tell the court what it felt like. Dogs can’t do that.” Story continues below ↓ Hutchinson, 33, of Lebanon, N.H., was charged in July when police were called to a market to investigate a report of a brawl. They were approached by Hutchinson, who said she had been assaulted the day before by one of the men involved and wanted to make a statement. Vermont State Police Sgt. Todd Protzman told her she seemed drunk and he would take a statement from her later. After a heated exchange, she approached Protzman’s cruiser, where his dog, Max, was waiting. She put her face within inches of the window and stared at Max “in a taunting/harassing manner,” Protzman wrote in an affidavit. Officers arrested Hutchinson, adding a resisting arrest charge because she pulled away from them. “Prosecuting a woman for ‘staring’ at a police dog is absurd,” said her lawyer, public defender Kelly Green. “People are allowed to make faces at police dogs and officers to express their disapproval. It’s constitutional expression.” Without the cruelty charge, jurors would be unlikely to convict her on the resisting arrest count, Porter said. Quote Link to comment
husker rob Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 "look into my eyes", loook into my eeyyeess BRI stop staring at the dog, it is going to bite you Quote Link to comment
MRSBIGREDIOWAN Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 You guys are mean......... Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 OMG he has pulled out the enforcer to protect him, welcome to the board. Quote Link to comment
husker rob Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 OMG he has pulled out the enforcer to protect him, welcome to the board. oh man now we have to watch what we say and be nice and all of that sh#t NOT Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 It's not my fault I wouldn't have arrested her except my dog pissed himself and wimpered into the other corner of the car. I felt bad what was I supposed to do!!!! Quote Link to comment
husker rob Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 It's not my fault I wouldn't have arrested her except my dog pissed himself and wimpered into the other corner of the car. I felt bad what was I supposed to do!!!! well you send your wife in to do you dirty work.......just like on the Husker board Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 It's not my fault I wouldn't have arrested her except my dog pissed himself and wimpered into the other corner of the car. I felt bad what was I supposed to do!!!! well you send your wife in to do you dirty work.......just like on the Husker board f#*k that it would have read "Women shot 40 times for making faces at police dog!!!!" Quote Link to comment
husker rob Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 It's not my fault I wouldn't have arrested her except my dog pissed himself and wimpered into the other corner of the car. I felt bad what was I supposed to do!!!! well you send your wife in to do you dirty work.......just like on the Husker board f#*k that it would have read "Women shot 40 times for making faces at police dog!!!!" no it wouldnt. just have to be careful what time of the month that you use her services. Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 OMG he has pulled out the enforcer to protect him, welcome to the board. oh man now we have to watch what we say and be nice and all of that sh#t NOT If anyone's going to have to play nice it's BRI... and that means no more trips to the Daily Skin, mister! Welcome to the board, Mrs. BRI. Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 OMG he has pulled out the enforcer to protect him, welcome to the board. oh man now we have to watch what we say and be nice and all of that sh#t NOT If anyone's going to have to play nice it's BRI... and that means no more trips to the Daily Skin, mister! Welcome to the board, Mrs. BRI. B.S. she's not going to ruin my good times here at good ole Huskerboard. Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Watch your language in front of the lady, punk! Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted June 21, 2007 Author Share Posted June 21, 2007 fist to cuffs Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Watch your language in front of the lady, punk! When your done fisting yourself...............I'll watch my language............... Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Watch your language in front of the lady, punk! When your done fisting yourself...............I'll watch my language............... I'll stop fisting myself when you stop... Hey wait... I dont fist myself. I don't know what you're talking about. Quote Link to comment
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