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"Mr. Katz has had previous troubles. A veterinarian by trade, he was once accused of illegally disposing of a dead German shepherd, and another time of allegedly attacking a Chihuahua he was treating. Both times, he said, he was exonerated." -- From an article in the Times Friday about New York Republican assemblyman Stephen M. Katz's arrest for marijuana possession during a traffic stop for speeding.

By the way, the assemblyman, who is a member of the chamber’s Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, voted last year against a bill that would have legalized medical pot.