Posted on 03/07/2006 1:45:50 PM PST by kaktuskid
A Mesa(AZ) deputy fire chief is on paid leave after being accused of bestial acts with his nextdoor neighbor’s lamb. Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies took LeRoy Johnson, 52, into custody at his Gilbert home on Saturday.
The 26-year veteran was booked on suspicion of disorderly conduct, trespassing and public sexual indecency, all misdemeanors, spokesman Lt. Paul Chagolla said. Johnson was released from jail on his own recognizance on Sunday.
The arrest came after the neighbor and another man said they found Johnson in a small barn in the 1200 block of East Catclaw Street; his pants were down as he held the small, young ewe to the ground, the men told deputies, according to the sheriff’s report.
When deputies confronted Johnson, they said he admitted to trespassing in his neighbor’s barn but denied doing anything else — although he did state, “I probably do need some help, but I don’t know if this is the time or place for it.”
Johnson is in charge of the fire department’s communications, mapping and records management.
His arrest came as a shock.
“He’s been a great employee,” assistant chief Mary Cameli said Monday. “It’s surprising to everybody.”
Calls to the homes of Johnson and the lamb’s owner went unanswered Monday night.
The incident began Saturday afternoon when a 13-yearold girl told her father that a strange man knocked several times on the front and back doors. She then saw the man enter the home’s corral where the sheep are kept, grab one and drag it into the barn.
The father and friend entered the barn and spotted Johnson, who immediately admitted to trying to have sex with the sheep because he had too much to drink, the report states. He was told to leave, but the neighbor said he called 911 when he suspected Johnson returned.
Deputies went to Johnson’s home and, after a conversation during which he denied everything except being in the barn, he was arrested.
Fourteen states do not have laws against bestiality, Arizona among them. That distresses Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who said he will ask the Legislature next year to enact such a law.
“And if they don’t,” Arpaio said, “I’m going to the people.”
In the state of Washington, lawmakers recently passed a bill making bestiality a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The measure was prompted by the death of a Seattle man last summer after he had sex with a horse.
The Washington bill is awaiting the governor’s signature
Uh, oh...Someone has been Baaaaaaaaadddd...
He's a B-A-A-A-D-D-D B-O-Y............
Baaah Duh Boy!!
Now Thats a Title !!!!
That is really baaaaaaaad of him to do that to his neighbor's lamb.
Where's PETA when you need them?
Dirty deeds done with sheep (song parody)
http://www.kanyak.com/dws.html
Not THAT's illiteration! Isn't it? Is that what illiteration is, a whole bunch of words begining with the same letter? Like "she sells sea shells by the seashore."?
Owl_Eagle(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
Brokeback F.D.?
Q. Do you know how New Zealanders practice safe sex?
A. They spray paint X's on the back of the sheep that kick.
They are busy doing the rest of us....
Mesa is Phoenix's version of Rio Linda (per Rush)
His last name is Johnson omg
They were about to marry, anyway...
It certainly is quite a title! Don't know how many replies will be posted to this thread, but the views alone may become a record.
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