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Thief Snatches Bergen Woman's BMW With Dog Inside Thief Snatches Bergen Woman's BMW With Dog Inside
Thief Snatches Bergen Woman's BMW With Dog Inside The familiar quiet of a suburban Bergen County neighborhood was broken by the screams of a resident whose new luxury SUV had just been stolen with her dog still inside. The 42-year-old victim told Englewood Cliffs police that she'd left her dog in the 2022 BMW X7 for a moment when a thief got in and sped from outside her and her husband's home on Castle Drive shortly before 1:30 p.m. July 4th. The vehicle "had been left running with the keys inside" when "a black male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt" took it, Detective Lt. Ronald F Waldt said. Police were still at the victim's home when s…
Dumont Firefighters Douse Overnight Blaze Dumont Firefighters Douse Overnight Blaze
Dumont Firefighters Douse Overnight Blaze Firefighters overcame cluttered conditions to douse an overnight house blaze in Dumont, responders said. The Richard Drive family and their pets weren't home when the fire broke out in a second-floor rear bedroom before dawn Friday, March 11, they said. Firefighters knocked it down within 20 minutes. No injuries were reported. Fire officials were investigating. Responders commonly refer to hoarding-hampered fires as "Collyers mansion syndrome" after two wealthy Harlem brothers who died in a 1947 fire amid stacks of newspapers, books, tin cans and rotting trash.
Dog Strangled To Death Leads To Felony Charges For 4 Pennsylvania PetSmart Employees Dog Strangled To Death Leads To Felony Charges For 4 Pennsylvania PetSmart Employees
Dog Strangled To Death Leads To Felony Charges For 4 Pennsylvania PetSmart Employees Four PetSmart employees in Pennsylvania have been charged with felony animal cruelty after the death of a dog, according to court documents. Julie Miller, 32 and Elizabeth Doty, 21 were assigned to the grooming area of a PetSmart in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood when A.J. Ross, local CBS Sports reporter and Pittsburgh native, came in with her 12-year-old toy poodle Kobe for a nail trim on Nov. 17, as stated in court documents. Due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, she wasn’t allowed to stay in the grooming area, so Ross went to the Walgreens next door. When she returne…
One Dog Dies, Other Survives Englewood House Fire One Dog Dies, Other Survives Englewood House Fire
One Dog Dies, Other Survives Englewood House Fire UPDATE: One dog died while another survived a weekend fire that severely damaged an Englewood home, authorities said. Authorities were trying to determine the cause of Saturday’s morning’s three-alarm West Demarest Avenue blaze, which did most of its damage to the kitchen and first floor of the 2½ -story home, City Fire Chief Erik S. Enersen said. The 61-year-old homeowner got out safely with one of his dogs, Enersen said. Responders tried in vain to revive the other dog, who was found under an upstairs bed, the chief said. Firefighters brought the blaze under control in under two hours,…
Police Urge Precautions After Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua Police Urge Precautions After Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua
Police Urge Precautions After Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua A coyote killed a 96-year-old Wyckoff grandmother's chihuahua, prompting area alerts. Hartman was snatched Tuesday night from just outside Doris Heitman's back door in a wooded Spring Meadow retirement community Tuesday night. Her Heitman's grandson went into the woods with a kitchen knife and retrieved the dog’s body a short time later. "He was my best friend. He was my helper," said Heitman, whose husband, George, died two years ago "We were growing old together," she told News12 New Jersey. "I'm gonna miss him terribly." “Wyckoff Police responded and documented the incident and i…
Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua, Police Urge Precautions Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua, Police Urge Precautions
Coyote Kills 96-Year-Old Wyckoff Grandma's Chihuahua, Police Urge Precautions A coyote killed a 96-year-old Wyckoff grandmother's chihuahua, prompting area alerts. Hartman was snatched Tuesday night from just outside Doris Heitman's back door in a wooded Spring Meadow retirement community Tuesday night. Her Heitman's grandson went into the woods with a kitchen knife and retrieved the dog’s body a short time later. "He was my best friend. He was my helper," said Heitman, whose husband, George, died two years ago "We were growing old together," she told News12 New Jersey. "I'm gonna miss him terribly." “Wyckoff Police responded and documented the incident and immedi…
Bayonne Police Investigating Brutal Attack On Dog In Owner’s Home Bayonne Police Investigating Brutal Attack On Dog In Owner’s Home
Bayonne Police Investigating Brutal Attack On Dog In Owner’s Home Iris Charles of Bayonne came home from work March 27 to a nightmare. That’s when she discovered that her beloved dog “Biggy,” a cocker spaniel she’s had for about a decade, had been “beaten very badly.” After rushing him to the vet, she learned the sickening extent of his injuries: a concussion, liver trauma, a black eye and other damage that left the normally friendly canine withdrawn and fearful. The injuries, Charles was told, could only have come from being struck or kicked. “He’s almost back to being himself, a big goofy dog, he totally looks like Alf,” she said, referring to th…
Englewood, Woodcliff Lake Police Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks Englewood, Woodcliff Lake Police Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks
Englewood, Woodcliff Lake Police Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks SNOUT OUT: Police in Englewood and Woodcliff Lake have added specially-designed oxygen masks for pets to their life-saving equipment. Each set donated by at-home pet services provider Canine Company includes masks in three sizes to fit a range of pets, from small mammals to giant breed dogs. The special, cone-shaped resuscitation masks designed for a pet’s snout, which human masks don’t fit.   They can be used to resuscitate pets who are suffering from smoke inhalation or were drowning, among other emergencies. Pets are at special risk during home fires because they ar…
Rutherford Police Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks Rutherford Police Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks
Rutherford Police Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks SNOUT OUT: Rutherford police have added specially-designed oxygen masks for pets to their life-saving equipment. At-home pet services provider Canine Company donated three masks in response to a request by police Sgt. Julie Ann Zeigler. The cone-shaped resuscitation masks are designed for a pet’s snout, which human masks don’t fit. Each set includes masks in three sizes to fit a range of pets, from small mammals to giant breed dogs. They can be used to resuscitate pets who are suffering from smoke inhalation or were drowning, among other emergencies. Pets are at special risk during home f…
Missing Wyckoff Dog Who Fell Through Ice Dies Missing Wyckoff Dog Who Fell Through Ice Dies
Missing Wyckoff Dog Who Fell Through Ice Dies Howard Williams felt helpless after spotting a dog who fell through thin ice that covered part of a Wyckoff pond struggling to get out. “He must’ve been out for awhile, cause the [ice] was all busted up,” Williams said. “We were the only people there. “I was not familiar with the pond or I would have jumped in after him,” said Wiliams, who summoned police to Zabriskie Pond off Franklin Avenue around 10:45 a.m. Thursday. They couldn’t get to the struggling dog, either, and alerted firefighters who eventually fished him out of the icy water and turned him over to TYCO Animal Control. The po…
West Milford's New Oxygen Masks, Home Decals Could Save Pets' Lives West Milford's New Oxygen Masks, Home Decals Could Save Pets' Lives
West Milford's New Oxygen Masks, Home Decals Could Save Pets' Lives West Milford firefighters received a donation of six sets of specially-designed pet oxygen masks kits – one for each station -- from at-home pet services provider Canine Company. The kits were presented to the department during a meeting at Fire Company #6 earlier this week. James Hatch, Canine Company’s Passaic County representative, demonstrated how the masks work with the help of Sloan, a 3-year-old German shepherd. The kits are being deployed so each of the township’s stations so that first responders can deliver oxygen to pets at house fires and other emergencies. Co. #6 Lt. Adam Bre…
Mahwah's New Oxygen Masks, Home Decals Could Save Pets' Lives Mahwah's New Oxygen Masks, Home Decals Could Save Pets' Lives
Mahwah's New Oxygen Masks, Home Decals Could Save Pets' Lives Somewhere, Greg Antonetti is smiling. Mahwah fire officials announced Thursday that they’d received five donated sets of specially-designed pet oxygen masks. The kits will be deployed across the township’s five fire companies so first responders can deliver oxygen to pets at house fires and other emergencies. They work, too: This year alone, at least a half-dozen family pets across the state have been rescued by responders using the masks. Getting oxygen masks was close to the heart of Antonetti, a Mahwah EMS charter member and former deputy chief who died in April 2017. Lt. Robert Polich…
VIDEO: Driver Dumps Pit Bull Before Attack On Carlstadt Street VIDEO: Driver Dumps Pit Bull Before Attack On Carlstadt Street
Video: Driver Dumps Pit Bull Before Attack On Carlstadt Street A pit bull seen on video being dumped on a Carlstadt street attacked a dog being walked by his owner moments later, witnesses said. Home surveillance video (see above) shows the driver of a dark late-model Nissan Maxima dumping the pit bull and then taking off this past Monday. A neighbor who found the abandoned dog was waiting for police at 8th and Broad streets when the pit bull spotted the other dog and bolted across the street after him, local mom Andrea Petto Recanati wrote in a Facebook post. "My neighbor's dog needed antibiotics, pain meds, and stitches for puncture wounds,&quo…
New Milford, Northvale Ambulance Corps Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks New Milford, Northvale Ambulance Corps Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks
New Milford, Northvale Ambulance Corps Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks Both the New Milford and Northvale Volunteer Ambulance Corps recently added specially-designed oxygen masks for pets to their life-saving equipment. At-home pet services provider Canine Company donated the masks as part of a campaign to guarantee that first responders in the communities it serves resuscitate family pets in emergencies, particularly fires. The cone-shaped masks are designed for a pet’s snout, which human masks don’t fit. Each set includes masks in three sizes to fit a range of pets, from small mammals to giant breed dogs. Pets are at special risk during home fires because t…
Support Surges For Leonia Student Who Saved Dog From Burning House Support Surges For Leonia Student Who Saved Dog From Burning House
Support Surges For Leonia Student Who Saved Dog From Burning House What Jei Yu saw when she came home from Leonia High School Friday was smoke coming from the walls of her house. She ran inside to grab her dog before contacting police and her mom, but it was too late. The house caught fire due to faulty wiring, according to a GoFundMe page, that had raised more than $1,200 as of Monday morning. Yu is an aspiring musician and lost all of her recording equipment in the blaze. She and her family are staying in a hotel apart from their dog. CLICK HERE TO DONATE.
Hackensack EMTs Now Equipped With Pet Oxygen Masks Hackensack EMTs Now Equipped With Pet Oxygen Masks
Hackensack EMTs Now Equipped With Pet Oxygen Masks The Hackensack Volunteer Ambulance Corps in now equipped with two sets of pet oxygen masks, thanks to Paramus-based Gain Communications. Gain Communications President Gary Katen donated both sets in honor of his two dogs, Cody and Sammy. The masks come in three sizes for large, medium and small dogs/cats. These specially-sized masks will enable firefighters or EMTs to deliver oxygen to pets in need and in some cases save their lives. “People care as deeply about their pets as they do human members of their family,” said Christine Devereaux, Vice President of Companion Animal Advocates.  “…
Wily Coyotes: Authorities Say Bergenites' Habits Attract Them Wily Coyotes: Authorities Say Bergenites' Habits Attract Them
Wily Coyotes: Authorities Say Bergenites' Habits Attract Them PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- Bergen County isn't attractive only to home buyers: Coyotes continue to prowl the area -- including one spotted the other day in Park Ridge. "He walked right in front of the car and stood there looking at us so cool," said Timothy O'reilly, who spotted the animal on Brae Boulevard. More coyote sightings were reported last year in Bergen County than ever before, said authorities who added that already three dozen have been reported this year. Why? Because we make it easy for them. "Coyotes primarily hunt rodents and rabbits for food, but will take advanta…