In Melbourne, Florida, Jack Garrison received a notice of almost $1,400 in fines on charges ranging from a barking dog to a squirrel at large.In Melbourne, Florida Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 71,382. As of 2005, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 76,646. , Jack Garrison received a notice of almost $1,400 in fines on charges ranging from a barking dog to a squirrel squirrel, name for small or medium-sized rodents of the family Sciuridae, found throughout the world except in Australia, Madagascar, and the polar regions; it is applied especially to the tree-living species. at large. Garrison, who owns neither a dog nor a squirrel, was mystified mys·ti·fy tr.v. mys·ti·fied, mys·ti·fy·ing, mys·ti·fies 1. To confuse or puzzle mentally. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. To make obscure or mysterious. . It turns out that someone called the police to report he was feeding squirrels in his backyard, and a computer program automatically printed out the charges. |
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