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Dover Dog Owner Arrested For Leaving Pit Bulls Outside To Freeze In Morris County: Police Dover Dog Owner Arrested For Leaving Pit Bulls Outside To Freeze In Morris County: Police
Dover Dog Owner Arrested For Leaving Pit Bulls Outside To Freeze In Morris County: Police Police have arrested the man who they say is responsible for leaving two pit bulls crated behind a Morris County shopping center in frigid temps. Felipe Rogelnarce, 44, of Dover, was arrested and charged after the dogs were found outside unattended in a crate behind a shopping center in freezing temperatures in Mt. Olive on Sunday, Jan. 21, authorities said on Facebook. At 9:26 a.m., police were called to Goldmine Rd. after the dogs were spotted behind a shopping center, Common Sense for Animals said on Facebook.  There was a blanket over the crate so no one would see t…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Dogs Freeze In Crate Abandoned Outside Of Morris County Shopping Center: Authorities Dogs Freeze In Crate Abandoned Outside Of Morris County Shopping Center: Authorities
Dogs Freeze In Crate Abandoned Outside Of Morris County Shopping Center: Authorities Two pit bulls were found outside in a crate behind a shopping center in freezing temperatures in Mt. Olive on Sunday, Jan. 21, Common Sense for Animals said on Facebook. The two dogs, one female and one male, were found on Goldmine Road and Tanglewood Road with a blanket over the crate so no one would see the dogs, Common Sense for Animals Said. There was no food or water provided for the dogs, Common Sense for Animals said. Mt. Olive Police said on Facebook their Humane Law Enforcement Officers are investigating and the dogs are safe and well cared for.  Anyone with information …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Trapped Kitten Rescued From Wheel Well At Warren County ShopRite Trapped Kitten Rescued From Wheel Well At Warren County ShopRite
Trapped Kitten Rescued From Wheel Well At Warren County ShopRite Emergency crews were quick to save a kitten that had become trapped in a vehicle’s wheel well in the parking lot of a Warren County ShopRite. The Tri-County Volunteer Fire Company responded to the store on Route 57 in Mansfield Township around 5 p.m., the department said. Chief Kostenbader worked alongside Schooley's Mountain Fire Co. 3’s Chief Welch, who had been inside the store during the initial call, authorities said. The pair worked together to safely extricate the kitten — named “Mercedes” by the township’s animal control officer — from the wheel well of the vehicle. At 1700 …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
‘Purrfect Ending:’ Warren County Construction Workers Rescue Kittens From Skid Steer Engine ‘Purrfect Ending:’ Warren County Construction Workers Rescue Kittens From Skid Steer Engine
‘Purrfect Ending:’ Warren County Construction Workers Rescue Kittens From Skid Steer Engine A pair of kittens were rescued from the engine compartment of a skid steer in Warren County Thursday morning in what police say was a “purrfect ending.” Workers at a construction site for the new QuickChek on Mountain Avenue contacted Hackettstown Police after hearing meows coming from the skid steer’s engine department just before 9:40 a.m., authorities said. A mechanic was then able to tilt the cab of the engine compartment and rescue the kittens safely, police said. The workers also told police that they had seen an adult cat jumping in and out of the skid steer on two different days l…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Loose Chickens Caught 'Wreaking Havoc' & Harassing Customers At NJ McDonald's Loose Chickens Caught 'Wreaking Havoc' & Harassing Customers At NJ McDonald's
Loose Chickens Caught 'Wreaking Havoc' & Harassing Customers At NJ McDonald's Authorities in one New Jersey town were looking for the owner of a pair of loose chickens creating a "fowl" disturbance at a local McDonald's Tuesday. Police from Washington Township (Warren County) dispatched their animal control officer to the McDonald's on Route 31 sometime in the morning, the department said on Facebook. "He quickly leapt into action and responded to the scene before the perpetrators could fly the coup. (see what we did there?)," the department said. The two suspect chickens were harassing and chasing customers, and pecking at tires when Robbie arrived. "A short while…

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by Cecilia Levine