суббота, 3 марта 2012 г.

DOG KILLER FIGHTS CONVICTION.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: CAROL DeMARE Staff writer

More than a year after being sentenced to 60 days in jail for shooting and killing a neighbor's pet dog, a city man surrendered to authorities Thursday but is continuing to fight the conviction.

Michael Futia, 70, was found guilty in October 2001 by City Court Judge E. David Duncan on three misdemeanor counts following a nonjury trial. Futia remained free on $10,000 bail while appealing to Albany County Court.

After a year with no movement on the case, County Judge Thomas A. Breslin upheld the conviction last month. The district attorney then asked Duncan to direct Futia to turn himself in, Assistant District …

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