Georgia Man Arrested for Trespassing After Saving Dog From Hot Car
This Saturday, an Army veteran in Athens, Georgia smashed the window of a hot car to free a dog in distress and was subsequently arrested for criminal trespassing, The NY Daily News reports.
According to police, the animal’s owner was furious Desert Storm veteran Michael Hammons had broken the window of her Mustang and demanded he be charged.
“We didn’t want to charge him,” Chief Deputy Lee Weems told WAGA-TV, “but he told us he broke the windows and when you have a victim there saying she wants him charged, we had no other choice.”
Hammons was then arrested and the dog’s owner was issued a citation by animal control.
According to The Associated Press, Georgia state law allows bystanders to break windows to rescue children in distress but not pets. Nevertheless, Hammons says he would do it all again.
“I knew there’d be consequences, but it didn’t matter,” he told WAGA-TV. “Glass, they make new glass every day, but they could never replace that dog.”
