Jury convicts Michigan veterinarian of theft for refusing to return dog to homeless man
A veterinarian Refused to return a dog After finding a mixture of pit bulls, a truck, a truck, was convicted of theft in West Michigan on Friday for a homeless man.
Amanda Hergenreder took the dog to his clinic in a two -hour driving, where he cleaned a violent urinary tract infection and took out a rotten female last November. After a nearby coffee shop, he called him Bigby and said that the 16 -year -old dog developed while living with him.
However, the prosecutors accused him of misleading after refusing to bring back Hergenreder’s dog to Chris Hamilton, a great Rapids man who lacked a permanent house at that time. He showed his ethical tasks as a veterinarian and stated that the dog was not licensed.
Despite the discussion, Hergenreder said that he would do all of them again in the “heartbeat ..
Defense lawyer Miles Greengard said that the veterinarian was holding the dog because there was no guarantee that animal welfare officials would investigate the living conditions.
The hearing at the Grand Rapids west of Detroit (241 kilometers) was two days. A theft conviction may be imprisoned and fine up to 93 days.
“As I believed, he believed that he did the right thing. He was not always the same thing,” he said.
Hamilton won’t take the dog back. Greengard, Bigby – or Hamilton said, Vinny said in July because old age was euthanasia due to health problems.
Earlier this year, Hamilton Told to Wood-TV As he walks to a gas station, he tied the dog to a U-haul truck. “He never felt the same after he lost him,” he said.
