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NEW TONGHT... IN A MOVE TO
CLEAR HIS NAME OF GRAND THEFT
CHARGES... TROY JACKSON HAS
RETURNED ALL THE PUPPIES TO
THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE, RIGHT BEFORE HIS
ARRAIGNMENT. HERE'S A
FOLLOW UP TO THE SITUATION...
TROY JACKSON, THE BOISE MAN
WHO DROVE UP TO JEFFERS
COUNTY TO GET MEDICAL
TREATMENT FOR A NURSING MUTT
AS WELL AS HER PUPPIES, MADE A
GRAND GESTURE THIS MORNING BY
DELIVERING THE VERY PUPPIES
HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH
STEALING, TO THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE."TROY WHY DID YOU
DECIDE TO TAKE ALL THE PUPPIES
BACK INSTEAD OF JUST THE TWO?"
"AS SAD AS IT MAY SEEM TO
EVERYONE, BECAUSE THIS THING
HAS REALLY GOTTEN BIG... IS ME
FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH WHAT I
SAID I WAS GOING TO DO FROM
THE START,"THE COURT
PROCEEDINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD
FOR JACKSON, WHO STOOD BEFORE
A JUDGE WITH HIS LAWYER."MY
OPINION IS THAT IT'S POORLY
CHARGED, THERE'S NOT EVEN AN
OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT A GRAND
THEFT CHARGE... THERE NEEDS TO
BE SOME INTENT TO PERMANENTLY
DEPRIVE THE OWNER OF THE
PROPERTY, THERE WAS NEVER THAT
INTENT IN THIS CASE. AND I
DON'T THINK THE STATE WILL
EVER BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH
THAT,"PETITIONS TO CHARGE RAUL
TORRES, THE OWNER OF THESE
DOGS, WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY, AND
TO DROP CHARGES ON JACKSON AND
ELLIOTT ARE CURRENTLY
CIRCULATING."WE'RE TAKING IT
TO THE NEXT LEVEL...WE'RE
WRITING TO GOVERNOR OTTER,
ASKING HIM TO GET INVOLVED.
WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT SHERIFF
OLSEN DOESN'T HAVE A BOSS,"
EVEN NEIGHBORS ARE SHOCKED THE
SHERIFF DIDN'T PRESS CHARGES
ON TORRES."I BELIEVE HE SHOULD
HAVE BEEN CHARGED, HE DIDN'T
TAKE CARE OF THE DOG FOR DAYS
AFTER IT GOT HIT BY THE CAR,"
I'VE ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE TIMES
TO GET AN ON CAMERA INTERVIEW
WITH SHERIFF BLAIR OLSEN TO NO
AVAIL. THE SAME GOES FOR
JACKSON."IS THE SHERIFF HERE?"
"HE IS IN MEETINGS RIGHT NOW."
"YOU KNOW THE THING THAT
FRUSTRATES ME THE MOST? WHEN
THEY TALK ABOUT INVESTIGATING?
I DON'T FEEL LIKE ANYONE
ACTUALLY DID THAT. IF THEY
HAD, THEY'D HAVE KNOWN THERE
WAS AN EYEWITNESS IN THE CAR
WHEN I WENT UP TO THE DOOR, IF
THEY HAD THEY WOULD HAVE
CALLED ME AND TALKED TO ME
ABOUT IT... FELONY CHARGES ARE
VERY VERY SERIOUS, 14 YEARS IN
PRISON HANGING OVER MY HEAD!"
THE SHERIFF HAS REPEATEDLY
INSISTED THERE WAS NO NEED TO
HELP EVEN THE NURSINMOTHER.
"OR AS HE SAID, WAS SOMEWHAT
MOBILE? POINT AND FACT, SHE
HAD BROKEN BONES AND NDED
ATTENTION, DIDN'T GET IT, THE
FIRST PERSON THAT TRIED ANDI
ELLIOTT GETS SITED FOR
TRESPASSING."ANDI ELLIOTT
WORKS WITH THE UPPER VALLEY
HUMANE SOCIE."I"M READING IN
THE PAPER THIS MORNING, THE
DOG OWNER SAID HE WAS LIED TO,
THAT HE WAS TOLD THAT THE
PUPPIES AND DOG WOULD BE TAKEN
TO A LOCAL VET. I THINK THERE
HAS BEEN A MISCOMMUNICATION@
HERE, BECAUSE WHEN RAUL TORRES
CALLED MY HOUSE. I TOLD HIM I
WOULD TAKE THEM TO MY VET IN
REXBURG, WHICH WAS CEDAR RIDGE
HOSPITAL. AND THEY KEEP SAYING
TROY TOLD HIM THAT, BUT IT WAS
ME,"AND WHILE TORRES CALLS
JACKSON A LIAR IN THE POST
REGISTER NEWSPAPER, JACKSON
THINKS IT'S THE OTHER WAY
AROUND."THE OWNER SAYS, 'I
TRIED TO TAKE THE DOGS TO THE
VET ON THE WEEKEND, BUT THEY
WERE CLOSED.' WELL THERE ISN'T
A VETERARIAN IN THE COUNTRY
THAT CLOSES OVER THE WEEKEND,"
THE FUTURE OF THESE PUPPIES IS