Men save deer...get fined.

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Good Samaritans Face Fine After Rescuing Deer From Icy Water


BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) – They fought to save a life, and now they say they’ll fight the fine.

It all revolves around the rescue of a deer trapped in icy water Thursday night.

Alex DeMetrick reports that good deed was rewarded with tickets.

Strangers banded together to pull a deer out of the freezing water of the Patapsco River on Thursday night.

“We seen the deer going under,” said Khalil Abusakran. “It couldn’t maintain. It was starting to freeze, and it was really getting bad.”

Abusakran brought a raft, and Jim Hart joined him.

“We had oars and shovels to break the ice, for the deer to get out,” Abusakran said.

But in the excited aftermath of the rescue, a natural resources police officer on the scene wrote both men a ticket.

“And he didn’t say anything,” Jim Hart said. “We went in and out of the water numerous times. He didn’t stop us at all.”

They say they were ticketed for not wearing life vests, although both are over the age for mandatory use of flotation devices.

“No, we didn’t have vests on, but we’re not 16 years old,” Abusakran said. “There were personal floating devices on the boat.”

The ticket itself doesn’t check off any specific violation, just a $90 fine.

They’ll fight it in court, as they fought for the deer.

The two men ticketed say they will fight the citations at the court hearing in Annapolis set for Feb. 18.

 

[Jagermeistered]

Is that officer in fear he will lose his job, or is he just an Asshole!?! Pretty sure the two Men will win in court... I would like the cop also get a big old "You Dumbass" backhand upside his head...

 

[Fire_Sprite]

Truly one of the great injustices of our time.

 

[kered]

I got one better, Fire Sprite. One lousy Winter's day aguy who works at an airport was almost to work when a plane somwhow finds itself in a good sized river that runs beside the airport. He jumps in and helps to save the passengers as the jet is going under the freezing water at the risk of his own life. When he finally gets a chance to report to work he is promply fired for not getting to work on time and if I remember right the airport said it wasn't his job to save the lives of men, women, or children. And he stayed fired.

Amazing, isn't it.

 

[texastickler]

I got one better, Fire Sprite. One lousy Winter's day aguy who works at an airport was almost to work when a plane somwhow finds itself in a good sized river that runs beside the airport. He jumps in and helps to save the passengers as the jet is going under the freezing water at the risk of his own life. When he finally gets a chance to report to work he is promply fired for not getting to work on time and if I remember right the airport said it wasn't his job to save the lives of men, women, or children. And he stayed fired.

Amazing, isn't it.

I think I heard this story somewhere. What an incredible bunch of crap!

As for the deer, we see moose, elk, deer and other animals rescued all the time. Why the hell should these guys pay a fine for helping and animal in distress. Pisses me off.

 

[StevePerry4Ever]

Cops are there to enforce laws, not to determine whether it is deserved or not. That's what judges do. That said, yeah, wtf was that cop thinking. Spirit of the law bro.

 

[General Zod]

And govt.workers.especially the ones who wear badges,wonder why they are so hated. Now these two men have to take time off from work to fight this in court.

 

[Skipadeedoodah]

I got one better, Fire Sprite. One lousy Winter's day aguy who works at an airport was almost to work when a plane somwhow finds itself in a good sized river that runs beside the airport. He jumps in and helps to save the passengers as the jet is going under the freezing water at the risk of his own life. When he finally gets a chance to report to work he is promply fired for not getting to work on time and if I remember right the airport said it wasn't his job to save the lives of men, women, or children. And he stayed fired.

Amazing, isn't it.

There's got to be more to that story. No one gets fired for being late one time. I'm sure that he had some kind of negative history with that job. Of course, that's not to say he didn't have a very reasonable excuse for being late that particular day.

 

[Bugman]

No good deed, it is said, goes unpunished. The clown who wrote that ticket should himself get a ticket for being a moron.

 

[General Zod]

With any luck,the animal rights group will protest the behavior of that Barney Fife character.

 

[shark]

Now we know where the NFL gets its officials....

 

[unclebill]

No doubt the police officer is a Republican.