Yeah, I blame him. You don't go around killing living things, because you have a dent in your fender. Isn't that guy in jail? Maybe he's out now. I agree though that I'd never have my dog in my lap interupting my driving ... my cooking maybe.
Lynne
2000 Leo, 10, bichon frisˇ dog, thrown into traffic after being snatched from the lap of its owner, Sara McBurnett, by the driver of another car who just had a minor collision with her near the San Josˇ, California, airport. Public indignation raises some $115'000 in reward money and leads to the identification of the perpetrator, Andrew Burnett, 26, who would be jailed from 04 January 2001 on charges connected to the disappearance of one of his employer Pacific Bell's vans, that was filled with $68'000 worth of equipment. On 13 July 2001, Burnett would be sentenced to the maximum penalty in California for cruelty to animals: 3 years in prison.
NEARLY 6 YEARS LATER, OWNER REMEMBERS BELOVED LEO
Source: LINDA GOLDSTON, Mercury News Sometimes, out of the blue, people will see Sara McBurnett walking her bichon frise, Stormy, at Lake Tahoe and ask: ''Did you hear aboutthat dog in San Jose?'' McBurnett didn't have to hear about that dog in San Jose. Her beloved Leo was in her lap when an enraged motorist reached inside her car, grabbed the bichon frise and hurled the fluffy white dog to his death in oncoming traffic. The man later was sentenced to three years in
