LOGAN — A dog by any other name is still not your dog, a West Haven woman learned after sheShelly Dawn Rovira, 62, waived her right to a jury trial last month in favor of entering a plea of abeyance after rancher Lane Jensen accused her of taking his herd dog from his property. Rovira pleaded no contest in Logan's 1st District Court on July 13 to wrongful appropriation, a third-degree felony amended to a class A misdemeanor.
On May 26, 2020, Jensen reported to the Cache County Sheriff's Office that his dog Fergie had been taken from his property near Avon two days prior, and that Rovira had been posting about the dog, calling it "Grace" on social media.show photos of a dog being "rescued" with what Jensen said was his property and corral in the background, according to an arrest warrant. Rovira had been looking for Grace for five months.
"There is property all over mountain range that looks like that. No need to text me again," Rovira responded. The employee told police he went to herd sheep, leaving behind his backpack. When he came back, he found $400 tucked in a shoe in his backpack, according to the warrant. The sheep dog was gone, and so were the women, he told police. He denied knowledge of any sale agreement.