Charge dropped for woman jailed for not renewing dog license
Jul 7, 2015, 11:24 AM
In this Thursday, July 2, 2015 photo, Becky Rehr pets her dog, Dexter, in Cooper Township, Mich. Rehr says she's no longer facing a misdemeanor charge after being arrested for failing to renew her dog's license. (Crystal Vander Weit/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP)n
(Crystal Vander Weit/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP)
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman says she’s no longer facing a misdemeanor after being arrested for failing to renew a license for her dog.
Becky Rehr says she drove to the Kalamazoo County sheriff’s office on June 23 to prove she’d renewed the license for the family’s 11-year-old dog, Dexter.
She was then arrested, fingerprinted and held for three hours as her 14-year-old daughter waited in the car.
Rehr told the Kalamazoo Gazette (http://bit.ly/1S5mvM6 ) the charge was dismissed at prosecutors’ request Monday.
County animal control officials say Rehr, of Cooper Township, was given numerous mail, phone and in-person warnings after Dexter’s license expired March 1. The last phone call warned that a warrant would be requested unless she got a $10 license by May 28.
Michigan law requires that dogs be licensed.
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