U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday told graduates of the northern Indiana Catholic boarding school he graduated from 40 years ago that persistence is the most essential quality to success and is the only trait each personANDERSON, Ind. – An Anderson man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for shooting a police dog after robbing a bank.
WRTV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/VGYeow) that Joseph Turner pleaded guilty last month to charges of armed robbery, criminal recklessness, resisting law enforcement and striking a law enforcement animal.
Turner robbed a PNC Bank in Anderson in August then fled the scene on a bicycle. Police sent their canine Magnum into a field to track Turner after the dog picked up his scent.
Turner shot the dog in the face. Magnum was rushed to emergency surgery g but had to be euthanized.
Turner also was sentenced to six years on probation.
