20070919 AP: Bloodied 70-year-old woman cuffed for having a brown lawn

AP: Bloodied 70-year-old woman cuffed for having a brown lawn

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Great-grandmother charged with resisting arrest

She falls, injures nose while being handcuffed

Mayor and City Council apologize, but charges stick

OREM, Utah (AP) -- A 70-year-old woman arrested in a dispute over her brown lawn pleaded not guilty Tuesday, then stood by as a Los Angeles lawyer waved handcuffs for the cameras outside court.

Betty Perry is charged with resisting arrest and failing to maintain her landscaping, both misdemeanors.

She was arrested July 6 after failing to give her name to a police officer who visited her home.

During a struggle, Perry fell and injured her nose. She spent more than an hour in a holding cell before police released her.

"I ask the citizens of Orem: How many of you would like to have your great-grandmother taken from her home with bruises and blood and placed in handcuffs for failing to water her lawn?" attorney Gloria Allred said.

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