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Originally Posted by Tiggerwit  I don't think Sheriff's give ultimatums like that. Can you contact the prosecutor's office? I work for a criminal attorney and where I'm from the police file the report and/or arrest you for a crime. The case is forwarded to the prosecutor's office and it's their decision to charge you or not.
You need to talk to an attorney and ask if this is on the up and up. Have him call the Sheriff. I'm telling you something stinks in all of this. |
I called my local sheriff here (different from the sheriff who called me) and he said he understands why I was upset and if it was him he wouldn't want to give his dog up either...not for a million dollars...and he also said since I was wanting to resolve this he didn't understand why the other deputy was mentioning the criminal charges at all. He said if he was the deputy handling it he wouldn't do the criminal charges since it was something I was willing to resolve and he agreed that I should be allowed to keep my dog. He advised me to just let the other deputy know right away that I wanted to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
So that is why I did. I called and asked the deputy if I could have a couple of days to figure out what I could do and he said he was off until Wednesday at 7 am and that is why he gave me until Wednesday. He said worse case scenario I lose my dog. And I started crying and said I loved my dog and that I didn't want to lose her or go to jail and he kind of chuckled and said he didn't think I would see the inside of a jail cell. But then he said he didn't really want to send the case through and have criminal charges against me, but that he would have to if I didn't resolve it. And he claims the NSF is straight from the Bank and that it is the Bank that sent it to him, not the storeowner, but he has already talked to the store owner and he mentioned both the store owner and the breeder by first names in a familiar tone like he knows them both personally.