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New Milford Man Charged With Stabbing, Pouring Bleach On Pesky Raccoons New Milford Man Charged With Stabbing, Pouring Bleach On Pesky Raccoons
New Milford Man Charged With Stabbing, Pouring Bleach On Pesky Raccoons A New Milford man who said he was pestered by raccoons literally took matters into his own hands – and was arrested for stabbing and pouring bleach on two of them. Patrick Biondo, 54, brought officers responding to a cruelty report to a cage on his Canterbury Lane deck where they found the raccoons “in poor health, with stab wounds and burns,” Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said Wednesday. Biondo told them that he was “attempting to exterminate the raccoons due to them being a constant nuisance on his deck,” Van Saders said. “Upon further investigation, it was determined that Biondo had po…
Justice? Franklin Lakes Owner Who Abused German Shepherds 'Walks Away,' Investigator Says Justice? Franklin Lakes Owner Who Abused German Shepherds 'Walks Away,' Investigator Says
Justice? Franklin Lakes Owner Who Abused German Shepherds 'Walks Away,' Investigator Says A 65-year-old Franklin Lakes woman with a history of similar offenses "got to walk away with a slap on the wrist" after authorities accused her of severely damaging 14 German Shepherds in an illegal kennel that she operated from her home, an animal control investigator said Thursday. Under a plea deal with prosecutors, 13 criminal charges of animal cruelty against Danielle Weitz were dropped "and the 14th [was] amended to a civil violation," said her attorney, Gregg D. Trautmann. Weitz was "found liable of a single civil violation of neglecting a single dog of the f…
Franklin Lakes German Shepherd Owner Charged With 14 Animal Cruelty Counts Franklin Lakes German Shepherd Owner Charged With 14 Animal Cruelty Counts
Franklin Lakes German Shepherd Owner Charged With 14 Animal Cruelty Counts A 55-year-old Franklin Lakes woman with a history of similar trouble was served with a host of animal cruelty complaints after more than a dozen German Shepherds were removed from her home, authorities said. The 14 dog were in varying health and living conditions, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said, when animal control officers removed them from the Haddon Place home-turned-dog kennel of Danielle Weitz and her husband, Robert.  Borough officials also deemed the house uninhabitable. "I'm not interested in this call," Robert Weitz said Tuesday night before hanging up …