Man ticketed for cursing at neighbor

TEXAS CITY, Texas, April 14 (UPI) -- A Texas man ticketed for cursing said his statements about his neighbor's cat were "greatly taken out of context."

Joseph Loflin of Texas City said he confronted his neighbor, Michael Rainey, after discovering cat feces on his lawn, KPRC-TV, Houston, reported Tuesday.

"'Your cat has been back there defecating in my back yard,'" Loflin said he told his neighbor. "I used the slang word, the four-letter word to describe what the cat was doing."

Rainey said his 13-year-old daughter was within earshot of the conversation.

"I said, 'Look, I've asked you twice. This is the third time. Don't use that language in front of my daughter,'" Rainey said he told Loflin. "That's when he responded, 'There's nothing wrong with the word, and if I want to use the word, I'll use the word.'"

Loflin, who is due in court April 22 on a disorderly conduct citation, said the charge was an overreaction.

"I didn't call him a filthy name," Loflin said. "I didn't call him ... I didn't use any profanity towards him. I used it as a noun, then I used it as an adverb to describe what his cat was doing. I think it was greatly taken out of context."