HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - An 81-year-old woman has been convicted of firing a handgun while two animal control officers were trying to capture a dog from her Kansas property.
The Hutchinson News (https://bit.ly/1oFl8vy ) reports that Cora Jeanette Jackson was found guilty Wednesday in Reno County of criminal threat but acquitted of aggravated assault charges.
Jackson says she fired a shot “out of frustration” in July after officers couldn’t capture the stray with catch poles and retrieved a tranquilizer gun.
Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder says the state is satisfied because the verdict prevents Jackson from owning a gun for at least a few years. He says she refused an offer to plead to a misdemeanor because she wanted her gun back and prosecutors wouldn’t agree to that.
Sentencing is set for May 20.
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Information from: The Hutchinson (Kan.) News, https://www.hutchnews.com
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