Littering case dropped against woman cited for feeding cat

[The Straight Story]

Littering case dropped against woman cited for feeding cat
Associated Press

HILLIARD, Ohio - A prosecutor has decided to drop the case against a woman accused of littering for leaving cat food out for a stray.

Janice Rolfe, 62, also had been cited for illegally providing a shelter to an animal, in this case a cat she calls Fluffy. The retired schoolteacher said she learned she was in the doghouse when she got a call from a police officer in this Columbus suburb Dec. 13.

In his report, officer Shane O'Connor said earlier that day he observed Rolfe parking her car and walking into woods near a highway, where he saw her leaving a plastic dish of food for a cat living in a ditch. O'Connor reported that after the woman drove off, he found a wooden box in the ditch containing more plastic dishes.

Rolfe said she saw Fluffy being dumped from a car five years ago and has been bringing food several times a week, and also had a friend build what she referred to as a "cat condo."

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/16757666.htm

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Sure glad to see the heroic cops out to stop horrific crimes..

But, I now wonder what happened to the (criminal) cat.

[acmavm]

2. The guy that cited here was an idiot. He's wasting taxpayer

money. His time, the cities time, and the court's time.

What a moran.

[snappyturtle]

3. The cat is a terrorist link?

:sarcasm: She's been doing this for five years and the police are just noticing? Somebody, quick! call MSNBC...this story out to be right up their alley.

Why in the world would the police waste tax payers' time on this?

[EST]

8. Ya' think this cop and supporters oughta' qualify for

Keith Olbermann's worst person in the world?

[snappyturtle]

9. Excellent---my first geniune laugh of the day!

Thank you. :rofl:

[KittyWampus]

4. I've done cat rescue/feeding. Some people REALLY don't like the idea.

[wuushew]

5. What type of people are they?

It takes a cold cold heart to hate a cat.

[PLF]

7. The kind that need a swift kick in the nuts.

[Caoimhe]

6. Good for her

She's made a commitment to that unlucky kitty. I wish people who dumped pets would get publicly flogged... or tossed in prison, it pisses me off that much.