HANDLER PLEADS IN DOG DEATHS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - A Saugus professional dog handler involved in a fiery camper van crash that killed 23 Shetland sheep dogs was ordered to enroll in an alcohol counseling program after pleading no contest to misdemeanor reckless driving reckless driving n. operation of an automobile in a dangerous manner under the circumstances, including speeding (or going too fast for the conditions, even though within the posted speed limit), driving after drinking (but not drunk), having too many passengers in . Dorothea Adkins, 48, was returning to her home from a dog show in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. when her van went off the road at Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling and Shannondale Road in Acton last October and then caught fire. ``They had a very marginal case. She decided to save the expense of going to trial,'' said J. Michael Flanagan, Adkins' attorney. Under the first-offender alcohol program, Adkins will attend two hours of counseling a week for 15 weeks. Adkins originally was charged with two felony counts of cruelty to animals cruelty to animals n. the crime of inflicting physical pain, suffering or death on an animal, usually a tame one, beyond necessity for normal discipline. It can include neglect that is so monstrous (withholding food and water) that the animal has suffered, died or , but Judge Steve Ogden Steve Ogden (born 21 September 1950)[1] is a Republican member of the Texas Senate representing the 5th District. Ogden was elected to the Texas Senate in January 1997, and chairs the Texas Senate Finance Committee. dismissed them, saying Adkins lacked specific intent to commit the crime. Adkins turned down a wrong road, drove into someone's driveway, and then into a ditch in a dirt field behind the house, prosecutors said. Heat from the vehicle ignited a two-acre brush fire that spread toward nearby homes. She was able to save one of the dogs and fought with sheriff's deputies to return to the burning wreckage to save the others, officials said. Of the 23 dogs killed, 16 belonged to her. |
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