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TexasTowelie

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Wed Mar 1, 2017, 04:04 AM Mar 2017

For 9 years, Idaho man plowed his neighbors walks. This year, it landed him in court

POCATELLO — The charges have been dismissed against a Pocatello man who gained national notoriety after being cited by police while plowing an elderly neighbor’s driveway.

Mitch Fisher was given a $206 citation for depositing dangerous material on the street on Jan. 4 while he was plowing snow from his neighbor’s driveway. The charges against Fisher were dismissed during a pre-trial conference on Monday. However, Fisher did pay a $75 fine, according to court records.

Attorney Paul Echo Hawk took up the case pro bono and negotiated to have the charges against Fisher dismissed.

“For what he was trying to do, I didn’t feel like he deserved criminal punishment,” Echo Hawk said.

Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/state/idaho/article135417669.html

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For 9 years, Idaho man plowed his neighbors walks. This year, it landed him in court (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP
What's the "dangerous material" he deposited in the street? Snow TexasProgresive Mar 2017 #1
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