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Authorities Probe Video Of NJ Animal Shelter Worker Abandoning Kitten Authorities Probe Video Of NJ Animal Shelter Worker Abandoning Kitten
Authorities Probe Video Of NJ Animal Shelter Worker Abandoning Kitten Authorities are investigating the actions of an animal shelter caretaker caught on home security video abandoning a kitten on a Bergen County street. Ring video (see below) shows the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center volunteer pulling up in an SUV and leaving the kitten on a snow-shoveled sidewalk on Diamond Way in Moonachie shortly before 2:30 p.m. this past Sunday. There apparently is a colony of strays up the street, which may explain why the woman dropped the cat in that neighborhood. The homeowner, Barbara Morales, said she scooped up the kitten, returned her to the sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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100 MPH Central PA Police Pursuit Involved Stolen Cars, Abandoned Dog: Authorities 100 MPH Central PA Police Pursuit Involved Stolen Cars, Abandoned Dog: Authorities
100 MPH Central PA Police Pursuit Involved Stolen Cars, Abandoned Dog: Authorities A central Pennsylvania woman stole two cars, drove with a revoked license, threatened her friend, crashed a car into a barn, caused a fire, abandoned a dog and sent police on an over 100 mph chasing, according to a release by Pennsylvania State police. Chontelle Melissa Shirk, 40, of Dauphin, was arrested following the incident which started in a Target Parking lot in South Middleton Township at approximately 2:34 p.m., according to the release by Pennsylvania state police. Shirk threatened the friend while the pair were in a Nissan Versa together before forcing her friend out of the vehi…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Police: Lancaster County Couple Falsely Reported Animals Missing That They Abandoned Police: Lancaster County Couple Falsely Reported Animals Missing That They Abandoned
Police: Lancaster County Couple Falsely Reported Animals Missing That They Abandoned A couple has been charged with willfully abandoning dogs in East Petersburg, according to local police. Oscar David Ortolaza, 30, and Samantha Johnna Coppe, 28, both of the 6400 block of Hollow Drive were charged on Monday based on findings of an investigation starting in June. The investigation stemmed from two incidences in June where Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department took custody, housed and transported a total of three dogs. Both times the animals were recovered, they were housed at 860 Durlach Rd in Stevens Pennsylvania before eventually being transported by NLCRPD…

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by Jillian Pikora