Update: Veteran w/dog not guilty

Shadow, the service dog, got her day in court.

Her handler, 60-year-old veteran Danny Ralph, was found not guilty Wednesday on a charge of disorderly conduct stemming from his takedown arrest last July after he refused to take Shadow away from Mann-Grandstaff Medical VA Medical Center in Spokane.

U.S. Magistrate Judge John Rogers said he could not find, based on the evidence presented, that Ralph was guilty for arguing to keep his 8-pound Pomeranian-Chihuahua mix in his arm when he entered the facility on July 20 to pick up a prescription.

Ralph faced a $250 fine and up to 60 months in prison if convicted/ Thomas Clouse , SR. More here.