ANIMAL KEEPER TO STAND TRIAL ON FELONY CHARGES; MAN ADMITTED FORGING NAME.Byline: Don Holland Daily News Staff Writer The former director of the Fillmore Museum of Natural History was ordered to stand trial Tuesday on three felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. counts stemming from a forged animal permit. Karl D. Anderson, 44, faces two counts of perjury perjury (pûr`jərē), in criminal law, the act of willfully and knowingly stating a falsehood under oath or under affirmation in judicial or administrative proceedings. and one count of forgery forgery, in art forgery, in art, the false claim to authenticity for a work of art. The Nature of Forgery Because the provenance of works of art is seldom clear and because their origin is often judged by means of subtle factors, art for inserting a veterinarian's signature on the exotic animal permit. During Anderson's preliminary hearing, his attorney, Jonathon Kissel This article is about a dessert. For the car company, see Kissel Motor Car Company. Kissel (Kisiel in Polish, kiisseli in Finnish) is a popular dessert in Eastern and Northern Europe. , pointed out that the case originally was considered as a single misdemeanor but was later upgraded to three felonies. Superior Court Judge Charles McGrath agreed with Deputy District Attorney Laurel McLaughlin that Anderson should stand trial, but reluctantly declined a defense request to reduce the charges. ``If I had the authority to do so, I would . . .'' the judge said. ``I don't think it would be inappropriate (to reduce the charges).'' Despite the judge's remarks, McLaughlin said the charges will stand. If convicted, Anderson could be sentenced to four years or more in prison. He is on probation following convictions on five misdemeanor counts for possessing exotic animals. Anderson, whose educational animal shows have been popular around the state, was arrested June 13 on suspicion of forgery on a state application to possess three exotic species. The investigation was sparked by Anderson himself after he sent Department of Fish and Game officials a letter saying he inserted his veterinarian's signature on the permit application because the veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. indicated he would sign the papers after he returned from a trip. Fearing he would miss the permit deadline, Anderson signed the papers. ``What he did was wrong. There's no question about that. And he confessed to the (game) warden WARDEN. A guardian; a keeper. This is the name given to various officers: as, the warden of the prison; the wardens of the port of Philadelphia; church wardens. ,'' said Kissel, who compared the case to President Clinton's ongoing scandal. ``What is it they say that guy (Clinton) in Washington did? Oh yeah, obstruct ob·struct v. To block or close a body passage so as to hinder or interrupt a flow. ob·struc  tive adj. justice - he tried to obstruct justice. That's not what Karl did here. He said: I screwed up. I was wrong.''
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