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That CAN'T be true! / foot aid for dog training
« on: 05/06/2009 14:28:38 »
A former firefighter in Port St. Lucie, Fla. was sentenced to eight months probation after she admitted taking a man's severed foot from an I-95 car accident scene in 2008.
The firefighter, 38-year-old Cynthia Economou, said she took the foot to use it to train her cadaver dog, which was her side business.
She eventually resigned from the Port St. Lucie County Fire District over the incident.
The judge in the case withheld judgment so Economou was not formally convicted of misdemeanor theft.
Economou was charged with a misdemeanor because there was no specific law against steeling a body part.
The six-month probation sentence is the maximum probation for a second degree misdemeanor.
The firefighter, 38-year-old Cynthia Economou, said she took the foot to use it to train her cadaver dog, which was her side business.
She eventually resigned from the Port St. Lucie County Fire District over the incident.
The judge in the case withheld judgment so Economou was not formally convicted of misdemeanor theft.
Economou was charged with a misdemeanor because there was no specific law against steeling a body part.
The six-month probation sentence is the maximum probation for a second degree misdemeanor.