Posted on 02/15/2006 3:09:12 AM PST by jsh3180
Mich. man sentenced in sheep abuse case Associated Press
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - A man who pleaded no contest to a sodomy charge involving a sheep says he should not have to register as a sex offender.
Jeffrey S. Haynes said the state registry is intended to keep track of people who have committed crimes against humans.
But Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge Conrad Sindt told Haynes at his sentencing hearing that once he is released from prison, he must register with the Michigan State Police Public Sex Offender Registry.
Haynes, 42, of Battle Creek, was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years to 20 years in prison. He entered the plea in January. A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes.
Tamara Towns, an assistant prosecutor for the county, argued that Haynes should be ordered to register as a sex offender because once out of prison, he could prey on children or vulnerable adults.
Haynes said he is not a violent person and would not assault children.
"The prosecutor is being real hard on me for what I did," he said. "But I should not be treated as a child molester."
A telephone call seeking comment was left Tuesday at the Marshall office of defense attorney John B. Sullivan.
Police said Haynes had sex with a sheep at a Bedford Township farm on Jan. 26, 2005. The animal's owner caught him on the property and the sheep was found injured.
Haynes was arrested in June after a DNA sample taken from the animal matched Haynes' genetic material.
Haynes has prior convictions for burglary, home invasion and uttering and publishing, and was on parole for burglary at the time of the sex crime.
uttering and publishing
???
Baaaaaaah.
bring on in the sheep
bring on in the sheep
we shall come rejoicing
bring on in the sheep
This should get some real play on FR....bring on the funnies!
I imagine he's feeling a bit sheepish.
"A man who pleaded no contest..."
Shouldn't that be changed to "bleated" no contest?
Jeff Haynes? That aint no Muslim name.
How often do farm animals read the sex offender registry?
Mohammad, is that you?
Too bad he's not from Montana, where the men are men and the sheep are glad of it.
Gore's stunt double. Gore, despondent over all the attention the VP is getting, heard that he could make the news by banging a sheep in Michigan. He'd heard something about desert wanderers while in Arabia and he was hoping his apology would sounds more sincere is he acted like one.
He should also have to register with the local farmers.
Brokeback Sheep?
When my husband and I were stationed in the U.K. a fellow American was charged with loving a sheep. The sheep since it was a ewe, he was charged for the children it would have birthed, and the wool they would have produced collectively. When we walked through town, people would call the American's "sheep shearers". Shame was, he was a nice looking boy and could have gotten some of those nasty local girls to sleep with him for a bottle of beer. But he liked sheep better.
"Tamara Towns, an assistant prosecutor for the county, argued that Haynes should be ordered to register as a sex offender because once out of prison, he could prey on children or vulnerable adults."
Not to mention other innocent farm animals.
bet little bo peep is really mad
I,a 19 year old kid from the suburbs of the northeast,thought they were joking.
Maybe they weren't.
You mean "really maaaaaaaaaad"
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