desk appearance ticket
ニューヨーク市のブロンクス動物園で２１日、２５歳の男がトラの飼育場に飛び降り、右肩骨折などのけがを負った事件で、NYPDは容疑者が「トラとひとつになりたかった」（"he wanted to be "one with the tiger"）との動機を供述していることを明らかにしました。
a desk appearance ticket（DAT）は同市の裁判所への「出廷命令書」のことです。"A Desk Appearance Ticket (DAT) is an order issued by the police to appear in criminal court to respond to an accusation that you have committed an offense. In most cases, a Desk Appearance Ticket will be charging a misdemeanor offense. Most misdemeanor offenses in New York are crimes for which the maximum punishment is one year in jail."
http://www.desk-appearance-ticket.com/what_is_dat.htm
身柄の拘束はない軽微な犯罪のときに出される命令書ですが、果たして軽微なのかどうか...疑問が残ります。（UG）
Man Mauled by Tiger at Zoo Is Charged
David Villalobos, who told investigators he leapt into the enclosure at the Bronx Zoo because he wanted to be "one with the tiger," was given a desk appearance ticket for trespassing.
Paul J. Browne, the chief police spokesman, said in an e-mail that the man, David Villalobos of Mahopac, N.Y., appeared to have a “passion for cats.” According to Mr. Browne, Mr. Villalobos told investigators that the leap into the enclosure was motivated by a desire to be “one with the tiger.”
On Friday afternoon, Mr. Villalobos, 25, got on the Wild Asia Monorail, which glides over about 40 acres of open space, then jumped as it passed the tiger habitat. He cleared a 16-foot fence and landed near a 400-pound Siberian tiger named Bachuta.
Bachuta attacked Mr. Villalobos, who suffered a broken pelvis, a broken right shoulder, a broken right rib, a collapsed lung and a broken right ankle, which was also mauled by the tiger.
Mr. Browne said that Mr. Villalobos told the police that the jump caused most of his injuries.
“When an N.Y.P.D. sergeant asked Villalobos yesterday why he had jumped into the tiger preserve, he replied that ‘everyone in life makes choices,’ ” Mr. Browne wrote, adding: “He recalled being dragged by the tiger by the foot, and afterwards being able to pet the tiger.”
Mr. Villalobos was in stable condition at Jacobi Medical Center on Saturday.
