Sunday, February 26, 2012

Felony gun charge dropped against Farmington man: County attorney calls Fleming an 'upstanding member of the community'

Oh, thank you merciful Collectivist for dropping what was an asinine charge to begin with. Pathetic.

trafford County Attorney Tom Velardi dropped all charges Thursday against a local man who fired a gun while apprehending an alleged burglar last weekend, calling him an "upstanding member of the community."

Dennis Fleming, 61, of 53 Ten Rod Road was arrested Saturday and charged with reckless conduct after he fired his .38-caliber handgun into the ground in an attempt to stop Joseph Hebert, 27, of Bunker Street, after seeing the man coming out of a neighbor's window. Fleming was looking for the man after finding that his own home had been burglarized that afternoon.

After days of public outcry from the community and around the nation against the charges, Velardi announced the charge against Fleming would be dropped, saying that after further investigation the circumstances surrounding his actions did not support the felony charge and that to charge him with reckless conduct would be "unjust."

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