Great-Grandma Betty Pleads Innocent to Resisting Arrest Over Dead Grass
September 19th, 2007Via: Salt Lake Tribune:
Betty Perry pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges she failed to water her lawn and resisted arrest when an officer attempted to cite her.
Perry appeared in 4th District Court in Orem to enter her plea in a case prominent Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred described as a gross injustice.
“Today, law enforcement in Orem has enshrined itself as the laughing stock of our country by prosecuting a 70-year-old great-grandmother for allegedly not watering her lawn,” Allred said.
“This ill-conceived action ensures Orem’s law enforcement authorities first place in the [Guinness World Records] for stupidity.”
Perry’s next appearance will be on Oct. 11 for a pre-trial conference.
In July, Perry was cited by Officer James Flygare of the police’s Neighborhood Preservation Unit for failing to water her lawn. Perry refused to give her name to the officer and, when Flygare tried to stop her from going back inside her house, she reportedly tripped and injured her nose.
She was arrested and taken to police station but released shortly afterwards.
An investigation by the state Department of Public Safety cleared Flygare of any wrongdoing, and city officials pressed charges against Perry on the landscape violation, a class C misdemeanor, and interfering with a police officer, a class B misdemeanor.
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MOD// I don’t allow phone numbers to be posted in comments. Thanks -Kevin
Fortunatelly Officer Flygare has a direct phone number provided on the NPU’s homepage:
Officer Jim Flygare – [DELETED]
he also has a supervisor:
Supervisor: Sgt. Wade Raab – [DELETED]
public opinion is a fine thing, I will give them a call from Germany later on and make them aware how delighted we all are over here. so good to see someone is still jumping in for the preservation of law and order, where would we get if someone could just not water his lawn without consequences!
http://www.orem.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=132&limit=1&limitstart=4