Posted on 09/25/2009 9:57:52 AM PDT by dead
Perhaps the Garden State should switch its nickname to the Barnyard State.
A New Jersey judge has dismissed animal cruelty charges against a cop accused of committing a sex act with cows, saying a grand jury had no way of knowing whether the animals were "tormented."
Moorestown police officer Robert Melia, who is currently suspended, allegedly stuck his penis in the mouths of five calves in Southampton in 2006. Since New Jersey currently has no law explicitly banning such an act, prosecutors in Burlington county brought animal cruelty charges against Melia, the Philadelphia Daily News reports.
"If the cow had the cognitive ability to form thought and speak, would it say, 'Where's the milk? I'm not getting any milk,'" Judge James J. Morley reportedly said.
Judge Morely said ultimately, it was highly questionable that Melia's acts, though "disgusting," constituted animal cruelty.
"I'm not saying it's OK," the Philadelphia Daily News quotes Judge Morely as saying. "This is a legal question for me. It's not a questions of morals. It's not a question of hygiene. It's not a question of how people should conduct themselves."
The dismissal reportedly irked the prosecution.
"I think any reasonable juror could infer that a man's penis in the mouth of a calf is torment," a Burlington County assistant prosecutor, Kevin Morgan, said. "It's a crime against nature."
The prosecution also claims a video in which a calf allegedly head-butts Malia was never seen by the grand jury, the Philadelphia Daily News reports.
But this is not the end to Melia's legal woes. He, along with girlfriend Heather Lewis, were arrested in April 2008 for sexually assaulting three girls over a five-year-period...
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I would think that being exposed in the media after having sex with a cow would be punishment enough....hehehehehehe...
Weren’t the calves juveniles, as well? Had they reached the age of consent?
maybe this judge thought the cow enjoyed it.
I know that showing a picture of the perp is necessary, but showing a picture of the cow is over-the-top....
Should have a photo of the calves too. Bet they’re better looking than her.
Is this a picture of the perp and the victim in this case?
Why did they take a mugshot of the cow?
Two questions:
1. How did this clown get to be a policeman?
2. If he had oral sex with calves, how did anyone ever find out? That is not an activity that demands an audience.
The clock is ticking on this thread.
True story: I know a judge who told me that when he was practicing as an attorney, he had a client who was charged with having sex with livestock. Here, it is called a “crime against nature”. His defense? “Well, its not against MY nature...”
In the cow’s mouth?!
That takes some courage.
Moo means Moo.
Could have gone all day without reading that one!
Separated at birth...
Isn’t that a mooving violation ?
Cute couple.
“I know that showing a picture of the perp is necessary, but showing a picture of the cow is over-the-top....”
Too Funny!!
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