March 17, 2004

God Bless the Legal System

If this is the whole story, it is more than a little ridiculous.

"When I went out there to fill up the dog bowl, this woman was standing in my back yard," attorney Ron Berki told the San Jose Mercury News. "My response was, 'Who … are you?' She told me, 'I'm here to pet your dog.'"

For that, Sherman pleaded guilty this week to two misdemeanors — trespassing and prowling — and was sentenced to 75 hours of community service and a year of probation. She also was ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Berki's home.

Unless she had to scale a fence to get over there or had prior run-ins with the neighbors, I think it's a bit of an overreaction by attorney Ron Berki, the owner of the dog.

Posted by Jennifer at March 17, 2004 12:43 PM
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It's just stoopit that a woman who petted a friendly ol' dog should be sentenced to 75 hours of community service.
Tresspassing, I get... But, jeeze!
Ron Berki's an asshole.

Posted by: Tuning Spork at March 17, 2004 11:20 PM

Let her pet her *own* friendly dog. I don't care if someone pets my dog at the edge of my property, but to come into the middle of my back yard?

Methinks yon lady needs to learn a smattering of self-restraint and/or good manners.

Damn busybody activist. These 2 quotes sum up the case for me:

"I just wanted to find out if a dog that seemed to be in distress was OK," Sherman told the paper. "I do not think my actions were a crime in comparison with abuse or neglect of animals."

"If Miss Sherman was so concerned about my dog, it would have been easy to come to my front door and speak to me directly,"

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