A 70 year old Egyptian man was arrested and denied entry to the United States after kicking a Customs dog who found more than 100 pounds of undeclared food in hs bags at Washington Dulles ariport.
He was arrested on Tuesday and pled guilty the next day to misdemeanor harming animals used in law enforcement. The dog was five year old beagle Freddie, who was kicked “so hard that he was lifted off of the ground” according to documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
A search of the man’s luggage after the dog alerted uncovered 55 pounds of meat, 44 pounds of rice, and 15 pounds of vegetables (eggplant, cucumbers, and bell peppers) along with 2 pounds of corn seeds and one pound of herbs. CBP prohibited their entry into the United States.
The dog was transported to a veterinary emergency room, where vets found contusions to Freddie’s right rib area.
According to the agency,
Being caught deliberately smuggling well over 100 pounds of undeclared and prohibited agriculture products does not give one permission to violently assault a defenseless Customs and Border Protection beagle.
The man was ordered to pay $965 ($840 in restitution plus $125 in fees and fines), received credit for time served on the misdemeanor, and sent out of the country on Thursday.
In the current era it’s especially unwise for a non-citizen to draw extra attention to themselves at U.S. border, let alone anger CBP agents and harm their dogs. The man is lucky to have only been arrested and deported, since there’s no indication he was sent to South Sudan.
This man should be executed
Why that charge isn’t a felony is perplexing.
Should be a felony, a couple of years in our jail then prison plane back to Egypt.
While I am not a violent person, I do care for innocent abused animals. The punishment should include kicking his to his deportation location.
Why people bring such things in their luggage is perplexing.
Physical Assault to a member of law enforcement is only a misdemeanor? And the IRS threatened seizing all of my property with a jack-booted swat team over a $650 late payment that they deduced some 3 years after the fact and ultimately was an error in my favor. The laws and enforcement priorities are completely arse-backwards!
Misdemeanor…?
Anyway, good he was sent back right away.
Here comes CAIR and their version of Ben Crump and Al Sharpton.
“In the current era….” You mean, now that criminal activity is actually punished and those who try to game the system are deported?
I hope that his passport and/or visa was noted for “NO ENTRY” from now on. I agree that attacking a canine law enforcement officer should be a felony. Glad the dog wasn’t injured to badly.
Honestly the perfect candidate to be sent to CECOT
@Chris: agreed, should read “under fascism the penalty is death to non-whites”.
He should in jail awaiting trial or in prison if he decided to plead guilty plus he should have faced a felony.
He got away too easy after kicking the dog, There should be additional penalties, I hope when he gets back to his country they arrest him again.
Abhorrent. Poor doggo 🙁
I agree with others — dog or not, the penalty for assaulting a member of law enforcement should be much more stringent.
737:
Stop with the dog being a sworn LEO nonsense. It’s a dog. Its still cruel and should be punished but the dog is NOT a police officer.
You need to do more research, yes, a dog is a police officer, specially trained to do certain functions.
Should be a felony and permanent ban from the US. Appalling behavior and embarrassing that he was charged with so little.
I pretty much agree with most of the prior comments. The guy needs to serve his sentence then be handed off to the ICE goons for deportation. The only thing that puzzles me is why you can’t bring rice into the country.
Catapult him bag to shitgypt !
I would ban him from all US airports. Then what is odd … why bring all that into the country. Meat, rice and veggies are readily available in the USA. Enjoy the waste of money your ticket was fool.
@Ray
I wish President Trump was the way you scum like to claim he is. I would be such an enthusiastic supporter.
His attacked an innocent animal put him in general lockdown first Let him be taken care of like he should have then sent back to his country
Try doing this in the Cairo airport, especially if you are a white devil.
@ Christian
Your comment: “ The only thing that puzzles me is why you can’t bring rice into the country.”
Reason 1: Rice, like any grain, can harbor insects and insect larvae, so commercial food shipments into the U.S. are subject to inspection. Private persons are more likely to be unknowingly carrying pests from local farms and markets.
Reason 2: He didn’t pay the import tariff.
Don’t bring any produce or non-commercially packaged food products into the US. Instead, declare even the allowed commercially-packaged products, such as spices, snack bars, candy and chocolates, that you do bring. The agent will probably say that’s fine and just wave you through. But failure to say that you are carrying them can lead to a heap of problems including revocation of your Global Entry privileges.
@ Stone
When the dog starts driving a police car and pulling people over for speeding, I’ll hear your argument. It. Is. A. Dog……as in….not a human…..a dog.
If they have a cute little hamster in the lobby of the police station, it the hamster now a LEO too? Does it get a miniature duty belt and miniature handcuffs?
@Chris, right, trying to claim that a beagle that can smell things is a trained LEO? Hell, my cat can sniff out treat from anywhere in the house. Maybe I should send her to the academy. There are legitimately trained police dogs, but a beagle that sniffs out food ain’t one of them and no beagle could be one of them.
The handler should have bit the miscreant.
I feel for that ‘good boi’
Rice?!?!
He’s smuggling rice?!?!?
As a former Beagle owner (miss you Fred), don’t screw with them. They are the smartest dog and stubborn as heck. Good at you Beagle Boy! Snoopy would be proud!
Like crooked trump, CHRIS dislikes animals because they (naturally and instinctively) know they’re the lowest of people. CHRIS should be raped with a rusty pipe in the ass.