Friday, February 10, 2012
Rocco Garruto, a pet store owner charged with selling sick pets, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in Woodbridge Municipal Court - and also told the judge he wasn't an American citizen.
The owner of the Avenel pet store charged with selling unfit animals pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in Woodbridge Municipal Court yesterday. The Middlesex County Dept. of Consumer Affairs had charged Rocco Garruto, the proprietor of Fancy Pups, with violating the state's 'Puppy Lemon Law" when he sold sick animals to unsuspecting buyers, and then refused to reimburse the owners for the pets and veterinary bills when the dogs got ill, and in some cases, died. Appearing before Judge Kevin Morse, Garruto will pay a $1,000 fine plus $1,900 restitution in one case, and a $2,000 fine in another. The fines have 'significantly escalated' from four previous cases in which Garruto pleaded guilty, said attorney Edward Harrington Heyburn. Six …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
The owner of the pet store who is accused of selling sick puppies has an appointment in Woodbridge Municipal Court again today.
The owner of the Avenel puppy store being sued by the Middlesex County Dept. of Consumer Affairs (MCDCA) is going to be back in court again today. Rocco Guarruto, the proprietor of Fancy Pups, is scheduled to answer charges in Woodbridge Municipal Court that he violated the state's Puppy Lemon Law when he sold sick animals to owners who had problems getting refunds when the puppies got sick and sometimes died. Garruto was in court several weeks ago and was ordered to come back to make arrangements for repaying the puppy owners fees that include the cost of the animals plus money paid to veterinarians for their care. Doreen Longo was at the earlier court hearing and plans on being back in Woodbridge today. "Everytime he's in court, I'm …
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Doreen Longo, whose puppy Sasha died of parvo in December, will be in court to get some justice from Fancy Pups in Avenel, who sold her the sick pooch.
It's been almost a month since Sasha, the German Shepherd puppy Doreen Longo brought home from a Woodbridge pet store as a Christmas present for her daughter, died a bloody, painful death from parvovirus. So far, Longo hasn't gotten the one thing she's wanted: to get the township, the county, or the state to shut down the store from which she bought her puppy and which has been charged with selling puppies stricken with the disease. "I am so disgusted, it's not even funny," Longo said from her Toms River home. She said she's done nothing but try to get someone to go after Rocco Guarruto, the owner of Fancy Pups, and she said she's gotten little satisfaction for her efforts. The one hope she had was a lawsuit the Middlesex County Dept. of …
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smartzonemary
10:54 am on Sunday, April 15, 2012
@David Daur I had to read your post a few times. I have NEVER read a post so moronic. Micheal Vick is in the same MONSTER catagory as Rocco Garruto. more ›