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A Eugene woman arrested on a warrant about 3 a.m. on a city street pleaded with officers to take care of her dog, trapped in her car nearby.
She urged Eugene officers to contact her brother and remove the dog from the vehicle as the windows were up and the dog, a Red Heeler, had no food or water.
The woman, taken into custody on an identity theft allegation, was released 17 days later. She found her car parked on the dead-end street where she had left it, and her dog Magic dead inside.
Now Tamala Bemis, 47, is suing the Eugene police in federal court, alleging deprivation of her constitutional rights.
Exhibit 1 is the police in-car video that captured about 40 minutes of the woman telling officers repeatedly about her dog, the location and make of her car. She, though, couldn't provide a phone number or contact information for her brother.
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"That Magic died in such a cruel fashion, alone without water, and in extreme heat, haunts her to this very day,'' Price wrote in the federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Eugene.
Bemis was charged with identity theft in October 2015 and later pleaded guilty. She was released 17 days later.