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[The Straight Story]

Littering case dropped against woman cited for feeding cat
Associated Press

HILLIARD, Ohio - A prosecutor has decided to drop the case against a woman accused of littering for leaving cat food out for a stray.

Janice Rolfe, 62, also had been cited for illegally providing a shelter to an animal, in this case a cat she calls Fluffy. The retired schoolteacher said she learned she was in the doghouse when she got a call from a police officer in this Columbus suburb Dec. 13.

In his report, officer Shane O'Connor said earlier that day he observed Rolfe parking her car and walking into woods near a highway, where he saw her leaving a plastic dish of food for a cat living in a ditch. O'Connor reported that after the woman drove off, he found a wooden box in the ditch containing more plastic dishes.

Rolfe said she saw Fluffy being dumped from a car five years ago and has been bringing food several times a week, and also had a friend build what she referred to as a "cat condo."

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