Man acquitted after cursing cat feces

TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) - A Texas City man accused of using a curse word to describe what cats left behind in his yard has beenacquitted of disorderly conduct.

A municipal jury found Joseph Loflin, 48, not guilty.

Police, on Feb. 8, cited Loflin over his conversation on a street with a neighbor and the man's 13-year-old daughter.

The Galveston County Daily News reported Thursday that Loflin allegedly used a vulgar term for feces three times when talking about their cats messing in his yard.

Loflin said he never meant to incite Michael Rainey or his daughter.

But Rainey says a "little piece of America died" when a jury said it is OK to curse in front of a 13-year-old "when asked not to."

Juror John-Paul Caro said lack of evidence and additional witnesses prompted Tuesday's acquittal.