Bandit's Updates

Officer pleads not guilty in K-9 death

please comment @ the papers website if you disagree - how can he plead not guilty after he admitted leaving him in the car?
his wife predicted 400 supporters would show up & it would be chaos -
read the prior diary entry incident report
good grief ??

The PETITION:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/4/justice-for-band it

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/98170

Office r pleads not guilty in K-9 death
Associated Press
A Chandler police officer pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning in the death of his K-9 companion.

Court spokeswoman J.W. Brown said Sgt. Tom Lovejoy came with his family and filed the paperwork for the plea at San Tan Justice Court. A scheduled hearing for Lovejoy was canceled after the plea was received, and several dozen Chandler police officers who came to support their colleague left without comment.

Lovejoy was arrested Sept. 5 after sheriff’s investigators determined that he recklessly caused the death of his partner, a Chandler police K-9.
Bandit, a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois, died Aug. 11 after being left in Lovejoy’s vehicle parked for 13 hours outside his home on a county island near Gilbert.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has jurisdiction in the case and decided to pursue charges against Lovejoy after the Chandler Police Department announced that no criminal investigation was warranted.

Chandler police are conducting an internal investigation to determine if Lovejoy violated any department policies on the day Bandit died.

Lovejoy is scheduled to appear in court for a pre-trial conference on Oct. 24.