Don't mess with Carol, she loves her animals! I wonder if Turcotte is the first state trooper to be zapped by a potential arrestee?

That's a humorous twist.

She sounds just a little "nutty".

It doesn't say if the 40 animals were well cared for.

Shocking

They also do not mention how big this house is...

greencat...I checked google maps to see the satellite image of the address. It looks like a farm with plenty of land, so space wouldn't appear to be the issue. I've tried to locate photographic proof of the condition of the animals from her previous conviction and couldn't find anything at all so far. It sounds like in the previous case she had some peacocks which you aren't supposed to have in Maine without a special permit. I didn't know that and apparently she didn't either. It was also claimed that some of the animals were malnourished, but again...I couldn't find any pictures of the condition of any of the animals. Clearly the woman was angry and likely felt harassed for her to use the stun gun on the police officer. Maybe she saw that video of a cop tasering a little old lady on youtube and decided to take proactive action to make sure he didn't get her first. Now, if she really was neglecting the animals and showed depraved indifference then she got what she deserved. But anytime there are that many animals found there is usually pictures and video showing the proof. I still can't find that anywhere...still going to look to be fair. It's possible that if she did anything wrong that it wasn't her intent to do it. I don't remember hearing about the first case but it could have happened before I moved back to Maine.

UMMMMM........how did she get a stun gun?

UMMM......You can buy them for self protection. You can even buy the ones that shoot the darts out attached to the wires.

If she wan barred from owning animals in 2004 then she was breaking the law and she obviously knew this and did not want to get caught. Even if she had enough land but she neglected care of the animals it is a problem and she should pay for it. I hope that she learns her lesson and never owns another animal again. To many people now a days think that animals are disposable and do not care for them properly or at all. To control overpopulation we all need to have our animals spayed/neutered and if you can not afford it there is help, there is a program "Help Fix Me Now" that offers low cost spay/neutering for anyone on state assistance. Please have your animals spay/neutered!!!

Small wonder she didn't end up murdered by the police thugs like Catherine Hegarty of Jackman.

Do NOT spay or neuter them before the age of 1 years at least, especially the male.

On the negative side, neutering male dogs

• if done before 1 year of age, significantly increases the risk of osteosarcoma (bone cancer); this is a

common cancer in medium/large and larger breeds with a poor prognosis.

• increases the risk of cardiac hemangiosarcoma by a factor of 1.6

• triples the risk of hypothyroidism

• increases the risk of progressive geriatric cognitive impairment

• triples the risk of obesity, a common health problem in dogs with many associated health problems

• quadruples the small risk (<0.6%) of prostate cancer

• doubles the small risk (<1%) of urinary tract cancers

• increases the risk of orthopedic disorders

• increases the risk of adverse reactions to vaccinations

The traditional spay/neuter age of six months as well as the modern practice of pediatric spay/neuter appear

to predispose dogs to health risks that could otherwise be avoided by waiting until the dog is physically

mature, or perhaps in the case of many male dogs, foregoing it altogether unless medically necessary.

This from literature from Laura J Sanborne MS, any many more studies referenced in the article

Step on someone's property without constitutional cause, and pay the piper! No mention of a warrant, no mention of exigent circumstances, just a trooper at the door with his badge. Not enough to set foot on a person's property.

"Murphy was under a court order barring her from keeping animals..."

Cops can come in any time they please under these conditions, Harry.

Trooper should be thankful it was a stun gun & not Uncle Smitty!!

Movethen- Let me get this right you are saying don't spay/neuter your pets????? Are you going to give all the unwanted pets a home or would you just say euthanize them???? This is the kind of irresponsible pet ownership I am speaking of. I would rather take the "small" risk of the things you mention above than have my animals contributing to the overpopulation problem in this country. It also makes your animal a much better pet, I have a cat who was a trouble maker and just a handful as a kitten was very aggressive and would growl and bite (just a tough guy) and when he was 10 months old I got him fixed and he is a wonderful, loving, and just plain great cat now and this is all because I had him neutered not to mention if you do not do this they spray(and it stinks), have increased risk of testicular cancer, and they will also roam, get into fights with other unneutered males contributing to the spread of disease among animals, and as if this was not enough they can impregnate many, many, many females which will then each have a litter of approx. 5-10 kittens multiply this times 2 to 4 litters a year for each female, you can see where I am going with this. This is why there are so many homeless pets being euthanized on a daily basis..

Also today is National Feral Cat Day go to .http://www.pawnation.com/2009/10/16/national-feral-cat-day/ to read more about this problem because of irresponsible pet owners.

Slow down,

The studies show if you are going to spay or nueter, you should wait til at least one year. Please read the attached link if you want to know more. http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/LongT...uterInDogs.pdf

And for your information, I would do what is best for MY dog, not what someone wants me to do because of overpopulation, to me, that is responsible pet ownership. Thanks much. Too most of us LOVING pet owners, we do not listen to the hysteria and make rational choices for OUR pets.

I guess you may be the irresponsible post reader :)

This is for dogs, I have not researched cats.

I read your post correctly and know that it was about dogs. But dogs or cats it doesn't matter there is an overpopulation of both because people do not spay/neuter them. Also I am far from an irresponsible pet owner but I know the benifits of getting your pet fixed and they out weigh the small percent of negatives you listed. Dogs can reproduce just a quickly as a cat if not fixed and left to roam at will, they also spread disease just the same, it also make a dog a much better pet. I had just used cats as an example becasuse I have 3 and with it being National Feral Cat Day and all I thought it was a good example.....

"Step on someone's property without constitutional cause, and pay the piper! No mention of a warrant, no mention of exigent circumstances, just a trooper at the door with his badge. Not enough to set foot on a person's property. "

Harry, ever hear of the plain view doctrine? Just like if they saw a crime being committed in there presence on another person(s) property, they can go and do something about it. A warrant is what is needed for a search warrant not to stop crimes from being committed. And hampden 1...i am sure he is thankful sense he probably has a family to go home to safely. This easliy could have been far worse for her. Hope she gets issues address. Animals are probably her only friends.

My stance is as a responsible dog owner, I would not get the dog nuetered before 1 year of age. For you information also, many vets are saying the same, IF you ask them there opinion. There are other issues also with neutering your dog before 1 year of age. A responsible dog owner will do what he/she can to maintain the best possible health for the dog. There are many responsible dog owners that have not and will not nueter there dog, for many reasons. There are also irresponsible dog owners that will not nueter there dog, these are not the same type of owners. The responsible owners have there own reasons, the irresponsible probably just don't know better. Much of this choice is determined by the breed and what the owners intentions are of the dog.

I do believe in nuetering, but just not until at least 1 year. I have a dog now that will not be nuetered until 18 months. This is because of responsible ownership and researching what is best for him. My responsibility is to my dog and making sure he does not breed during this time. To me, and many others, this is RESPONSIBLE pet ownership. Just so you know, with some breeds of dogs, training is the most important thing when it comes to obedience and making the dog a better pet, not nuetering. Again, I refuse to react to hysteria. You obviously have not researched enough to think some of these things are small percentage of negatives. You can argue what you want, I will debate it any day.

Apparently tysmom did not really read movethen's first post correctly. I won't read it for you, unless you're five, so I suggest that you go back and try again before you look like a bigger fool than you currently do. Hint: the key phrase 'one year' may help the comprehension skills.

OH Christ! Wait until they are ONE YEAR OLD and THEN spay/neuter them. Population control isn't all about spaying/neutering... ANIMAL CONTROL control the population. My dog turned 1 year in July.. he's not neutered... but I'm also not letting him run loose to hump any dog he comes across...

I did read the post and this is the sentence I was responding to: "to predispose dogs to health risks that could otherwise be avoided by waiting until the dog is physically mature, or perhaps in the case of many male dogs, foregoing it altogether unless medically necessary" the "or forgoing it all together unless medically necessary" part of this sentence to be exact.

Ralph- I do not look like a fool I am just standing up for something I am a strong supporter of, and she may have said it is better to wait a year but never clearified the fact that he/she WAS going to get it done ( made it sound like they were not) and this is what I reacted to. I see on a daily basis the sad result of irresponsible pet ownership and it makes me sick, I was not saying that movethen is an irresponsible owner I was just stressing what happens when they are. That was the only point I was trying to get across..

vchapes,

Be fair and offer him a leg :)

Do NOT spay or neuter them before the age of 1 years at least, especially the male.

That was my very first sentence of my very first post. Yes the article quoted did talk about not nuetering the male. You need to understand, there is a whole other dog ownership out there other than just letting spot lay around the house and chase females around town by night. Many owners of certain breeds actually completely train there dog, enter them in Field Tests, Hunt Tests, etc. Most of these owners are very responsible and do not nueter there dog for other reasons, some do. Medical and Scientific research does not care to take into consideration of the next door neighbors poodle that puts his noodle where it might not belong. There job is to find the facts and report them. This is what a responsible dog owner should use for information, not hysteria that lumps all owners into one. The problem with these type of campaigns are they think all of us in society are stupid, irresponsible and cannot make our own educated decisions. I completely understand the issue of these poor animals being brought to the shelters, abandoned, abused, etc. This is all from irresponsible owners. I am not going to take a chance on my dogs health because I am being lumped in with them. So when you see me training my dog in some field with his b*lls hanging and his deep voice, this does not mean I am irresponsible. When the time is right for my dog, I will feel his pain :(

I am not telling anybody not do do it, just do your research and be responsible. Have a wonderful day

Oh let the old lady go she didnt mean to do it bhahahaha bhahahahah. Thats something when an old woman takes down a ST hhahahahahahaa

This woman is that special kind of crazy. Get her the mental help she needs because it is very obvious she has some very serious mental issues or stick her in jail for a few months and see how she enjoys that for assaulting a trooper.

What most of the Bangor Daily readers dont know is that the Trooper was there to arrest her on a warrant and was trying to be decent enough to let her lock her house up before they left. The Trooper was actually holding the door for Murphy as she appeared to be having difficulties opening it up. Read some of the real story on Sunjournal.com or Morning Sentinel.

Souce: http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/6983697.html

Pomelow said that at 3:35 p.m. Wednesday, Turcotte went to Murphy's house to serve the arrest warrant. He met Murphy in the yard and told her she was under arrest. She said she needed to secure the house and Turcotte allowed her to go inside.

"He had not anticipated any problems," Pomelow said. "Aaron even held the screen door open for her when she came out but then she turned around and used the stun gun on him."

"He ordered her to drop the weapon and when she did not cooperate, he used a chemical spray," he said.

Turcotte observed that there were animals in the house when he heard a donkey braying, saw roosters in the yard and smelled the distinct odor of animal feces emanating from inside, officials said.

On Thursday, six staff members from the Maine Department of Agriculture's Animal Welfare Program, including director Norma Worley, returned to Murphy's home with a search warrant and removed 40 animals.

The animals seized include a miniature donkey and two alpacas that were in a side barn standing in deep manure. Inside were dogs, cats, parrots, chickens, ducks, guinea hens and a pot-bellied pig, all mostly in cages, Worley said.

"They will all need some care and rehabilitation. They are being distributed to shelters across the state where they will be treated," she said.

/end source

As I stated. She is that special kind of crazy.

Hmmmm, like the old saying, 'What's good for the Goose, is good for the Gander'..

This lady tased the trooper before he tased her, so what's the problem? She got one up on him and he is lucky that is all was done!

If he came to my house.....it could have been different.

Hankie you would have done nothing to the trooper. Easy to be a tuff guy on the intertubes and he did not use a taser on her.

"He ordered her to drop the weapon and when she did not cooperate, he used a chemical spray," he said.

Learn to read Hankie.

Hankie I am pretty sure the Trooper would have taken you to jail if you also had a warrant. knucklehead!

News stories on this article have something wrong somewhere because they conflict.. 1st press release said some PETA cruiser (they run the roads looking to cause as much trouble for all animal owners as possible in mho) allegedly claimed to have turned Murphy in to police which ended up causing Tturcotte to go to Murphy's farm. More recent stories are different and say -- Turcotte was in the process of serving an arrest warrant for overdue fines on Murphy. Where is the truth? WARNING: PETA and other animal radicals are apt to claim or do anything possible to animal owners. BE VERY CAREFUL if you find someone's lost pet. The animal radicals are running the roads looking for lost and found notices on utility poles, in newspaper lost and found ads, and in notices posted online as well as at local places such as neighborhood groceries--even on craigslist. The radicals then call animal welfare AND call the police saying the finder of the lost pet is actually harboring an animal without proof of rabies vaccination in hand or without local licensing -- if it has no collar. The police are forced to take time from urgent duties such as drug or murder investigations -- to go persecute someone only trying to do a good deed of re-uniting lost animals with owners. No good deed ever goes unpunished in Maine.

I'm sorry, this story is pretty funny to me. I bet the officer didn't expect that.

Would have made good national news wheres CNN?

The Troopers report indicates he was there to serve an arrest warrant for unpaid fines and fees. It also said that he had received information from PETA as well which means he likely learned she had the warrant before going to speak with Murphy about this. Sounds like the Trooper was doing two things and must have treated her a little better than he should of by holding the door open for her.

it could of been worse, ole betty lou, coulda hit the officer not a stun gun. lucky there, sounds like this old lady has issues. looks like she,ll tell it to the judge again, and with her having more animals she's not surpose to have, could be a few months in jail. she,s prob a very lonely person, who has animals so she can have something to love, who'll love her back, and for that reason, it,s kinda sad.the animals she had will find a new place to live, and this ole lady will have nothing again. no she doesnt need more animals, maybe all she needs is a friend.

Ok neutering your dog 101 class is over......when does 102 start?

It seems this woman had her case removed from Maine courts into the Federal Jurisdiction because of unfair treatment of her case in the lower court. This visit regarding the animals without the Animal Protection people, who apparently have been there before, could have been taken as continued harassment from her efforts supporting others deprived of justice in Maine thus driving her to this decision. If this is in Federal Court, that warrant my not have been very solid. It sounds like there's more to this story. We may all be fortunate see didn't use a more serious weapon to face this threat.

what are the details???was the trooper in uniform??? why did she do it?? where did it hit?? was the trooper alone?? was he temporarily disabled? F U bangor daily for shoddy reporting..FU

On 10/16/09 at 4:12 PM, movethen So when you see me training my dog in some field with his b*lls hanging and his deep voice, this does not mean I am irresponsible. When the time is right for my dog, I will feel his pain :(

Good to see a fellow field trialer giving some input on neuturing of field trial athletes. We do tend to be at the top end of the spectrum when it comes to responsibly handling our dogs. We have so much invested in them it only makes sense. My Mike Lardy trained FC and three time National Championship competitor is still intact at nine years of age. His stud fees($3000/breeding) have made a good dent in paying off my house mortgage even after the ~ 50K in training fees, vet bills, and entry fees ect over the years. I only allow breedings where contracts are already in place for the Lab pups and they must go to field trialer homes.. At $2500/pup there are waiting lists for trialers wanting to purchase them. For your average dog though heutering/spaying makes sense. Just do it after 1 year of age.

As for the lady in this story. People like her don't deserve to own animals.

You can go to any town in the state and buy any illegal or prescription drugs you want and not even have to be shady about it. You can go out in the woods and develop and harvest marijuana fields for who knows how many years and not get caught. Why is a state trooper dealing with a 65 year old woman abusing animals? Oh I see, a 65 year old woman with a stun gun, that makes her a terrorist. Why did they send one state trooper and not the swat team? I guess that child molester in a previous story has nothing to fear, all the state troopers are busy with animal abusers. We need to pay more taxes and hire more law enforcement to deal with all these vicious criminals here in Maine. Next thing you know the hells angels will be here, Oops too late.

Thank goodness the Officer didn't meet the business end of a 9mil. If she was not taking care of the huge lot of animals she had I'm glad someone got involved. Hopefully all of them can be placed into good loving homes.

Google when Vultures Rule by Carol Murphy for a better picture of this.

excerpt from Carol Murphy: and you wonder why she is mad?

"Maine: March 2004, 10:00 p.m. I arrived home to my 30 acre farm from work. Three feet of snow covered the ground and sparkled in the moonlight. All was silent as I exited the car. There was no noise from my animals which was unusual since I fed and watered them for the evening when I got home. I checked inside the barn. Most of the animals were missing. My $10,000 baby draft horse was lying dead in his stall. His head and neck were missing – someone had hacked them off mutilating his body. I ran outside to the other side of the property to check on the animals in that barn. There were none. A piece of paper fluttered on my front door. Like a sleepwalker, I pulled it off and read the hand printing. It told me that the State of Maine had taken my animals. There was no notice, no due process, no just compensation, no facing an accuser."

Stewie,

Your dogs sound superb. Can't wait to get Mike Lardy's new edition of his training videos. Just came out recently.

Good Luck

I find it hard to believe that the State of Maine beheaded her horse.

"Dont tase me bro!"

"Dont tase me bro!"

Nice one, blueskiesaboveme!

kaje52201...at least someone read the article in the Journal!

skullbones...it did/Drudge/and major news outlets from Florida to Washington.

JoeCentral...there is much more to be learned about her.

Amazed...hopefully these readers will listen to you.

I guess she loves her animals. It makes me wonder whether the animals were well cared for, but if they were or not she wasn't allowed to have animals anyway after 2004.

MDaywalker...not so fast!

another Murphy quote from when Vultures rule...found here. If there are any readers here that can spell 'retaliation, retribution, and storm trooper' and get them all right; you will be the one to go to this link.

http://www.californiachronicle.com/search?q=Vulture

"I arrived home after court to find a notice in my mail saying that Judge Joseph Jabar of the Maine Superior Court who is named as a Defendant on my law suit filed in a U.S. Federal Court decided the prior December (2007) that the court failed to put on the sentencing in my case that I can never own another animal as long as I live. He says he has corrected this mistake by issuing that the sentence be changed. This is years after the case. First the only sentence possible is a one year sentence if the case had had any basis in fact. The U.S. Constitution has stated there shall be no discriminatory punishments. The punishment shall be the same for each and every defendant so Jabar has again violated his Oath of Office and committed treason and criminal acts against me. The fact that the Void stands means there is no case, there are no penalties so he is ruling on a case that does not exist, where there can be no new punishment meted out, where he has no jurisdiction AND, no such punishment exists on property rights."

Want another one?...

excerpt from Carol Murphy: and you wonder why she is mad?

"Maine: March 2004, 10:00 p.m. I arrived home to my 30 acre farm from work. Three feet of snow covered the ground and sparkled in the moonlight. All was silent as I exited the car. There was no noise from my animals which was unusual since I fed and watered them for the evening when I got home. I checked inside the barn. Most of the animals were missing. My $10,000 baby draft horse was lying dead in his stall. His head and neck were missing – someone had hacked them off mutilating his body. I ran outside to the other side of the property to check on the animals in that barn. There were none. A piece of paper fluttered on my front door. Like a sleepwalker, I pulled it off and read the hand printing. It told me that the State of Maine had taken my animals. There was no notice, no due process, no just compensation, no facing an accuser."

Ah, I see. There was more to this story. Thanks caveman.

This was a very controversial story back in 2004 and clearly the dust has not settled yet. I was not aware there was an appeal in Federal court or that there was such blatent misconduct in this case on the State level. I do believe this woman is an animal hoarder with some mental problems, but there were varying stories from witnesses at the time regarding the degree of neglect that existed, how long it had existed, and extenuating circumstances that may have contributed and been temporary in nature.

On the spay/neuter thing, I agree that it can be medically deleterious to spay or neuter a dog before it reaches maturity. To do so for purely behavioral reasons is suspect and selfish on the part of the owner. Maine law states that a dog is to be on-leash or under your control at all times. This is best achieved by training, not surgery. My dogs have always been spayed, but after reaching maturity. The cats.....well, I know better than to try train one of those. Both adult shelter rescues, so it was done before I had to worry about it.

Backshore 10/18/09 6:34 PM~ This woman is not delusional. The state did behead her horse, and left the rest of it's body in the stall for her to find when she got home that evening without leaving a soul there to explain a thing to her. Can you imagine her horror?

This woman appears to be a very articulate woman, who has written detailed chronicles of her very real and absolutely horrific story, so that anyone can read it... online. She's a true genius, who took the time to make sure she had every i dotted, every t crossed and as I see it right now, has put some very influential people in our state on a sheet of very thin ice.

If after you read her story, you feel safe around some of the powers that be in this state, then you need to reread the story again. She's been railroaded by our very own state government. But she's not backing down!! They've got a tiger by the tail this time!!!

Google: When Vultures Rule .and read all that she has written. Come back and respond.

. . . . . . . {THIS HAVE ANY MEDICAL REPORT} . . . . . . . AS THE HEALTH CARE SHALL RISE AS THE SUN RISE UP AND SET DOWN AT A TIME OF THE SUN LIGHT USAGE IS DONE UNTIL THE NEXT TIME AS PEOPLE ASSUME THAT THE LADY HAS NO TYPE OF MEDICAL AND/OR MENTAL ILLNESS AS TO WHAT IS BEING IGNORED 'N' WHAT IS THE SPARK OF WHAT IS NOT BEING KNOWN.

All has gone silent on Carol Murphy...no headlines now since we exposed Augusta!

Bail news?

Status News!!!

Ok HarryHSnyderIII,Justsaying1970,and especially you hankie! Get a life and have some respect. Trooper Turcotte was doing his job BOTTEM line! As far as it being different if he would have gone to your house hankie your a real man! Get over yourselves and have some RESPECT!