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I was charged with property damage for shooting a neighbor's dog with a bb gun on my property, that died (freaky) on their property. The dog had been on my property attacking my cat before and my daughter was even bit in the process. The dog came over again several weeks later ready to attack again so used the air rifle to get the dog off property. Have been told the whole matter is political since it involved a "harmless" dog and it really wasn't hurting anything. the previous attack was never reported. the prosecutor wants a deferred prosecution and restitution on the dog. Do I not have the right to protect my property? What do you think a judge would say? I do have statements and evidence from the dog bite even though not reported to animal control at the time. Didn't mean to kill the dog, but dealing with untruthful neighbors. Take the deal or let a judge decide?
I was charged with property damage for shooting a neighbor's dog with a bb gun on my property, that died (freaky) on their property. The dog had been on my property attacking my cat before and my daughter was even bit in the process. The dog came over again several weeks later ready to attack again so used the air rifle to get the dog off property. Have been told the whole matter is political since it involved a "harmless" dog and it really wasn't hurting anything. the previous attack was never reported. the prosecutor wants a deferred prosecution and restitution on the dog. Do I not have the right to protect my property? What do you think a judge would say? I do have statements and evidence from the dog bite even though not reported to animal control at the time. Didn't mean to kill the dog, but dealing with untruthful neighbors. Take the deal or let a judge decide?