AN 88-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM PRUNEDALE WAS SENTENCED TO FELONY PROBATION WEDNESDAY AFTER HE SHOT A GOATHERD AND HIS GOAT. PHILLIP DEXTER SHOT A GOAT AS WELL AS CESARIO DIAZ AT THE EDGE OF HIS PROPERTY AFTER SEVERAL GOATS WANDERED ON TO THE AVERY LANE PROPERTY. ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS DEXTER WAS ATTEMPTING TO SCARE OFF THE GOATS WITH AN ANTIQUE SHOTGUN AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE GOAT AND DIAZ. A HEARING WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 14th TO DECIDE IF DEXTER’S SON WILL BE ALLOWED TO HAVE HIS FATHER’S ANTIQUE SHOTGUN.
