Not only is this guy my new hero, but I used to live in Gillette a few
year ago.
Larry
On Sep 4, 2003, at 3:21 PM, Larry Miller wrote:
> I could not resist sending this one. He is probably a list lurker...
>
> GILLETTE, Wyo. - Deryl Miles is accused of cat nabbing.
>
> Miles, 55, allegedly kidnapped his neighbor's cat and held it hostage
> for
> $50 after the animal wandered into his yard.
>
> He was arrested Tuesday on misdemeanor larceny charges for allegedly
> trapping the cat, named Brunswick, in a wooden shed behind his mobile
> home,
> according to court documents.
>
> Surrounded by police, Miles called a local newspaper from his trailer
> and
> said "I've taken (the cat) legally because it was trespassing on my
> property."
>
> Miles refused to release the cat, and was arrested after leading
> police on a
> brief chase around his yard, court documents stated.
>
> The cat's owner, Leah Vader, said she called police after hearing her
> pet
> howling from the shed next door.
>
> "You have the right to call animal control if you have an unwanted
> animal in
> your yard," she said. "You don't have the right to hold him for
> ransom."
>
>
--
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
I have great faith in fools - my friends call it self-confidence.
- Edgar Allen Poe
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