Pet Shop in Parvo Puppy Death to be in Woodbridge Court on Thursday
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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8:14 pm on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
To all: check out the patch story about Rocco's attorney's conviction for FRAUD. http://woodbridge.patch.com/articles/fancy-pups-attorney-pleads-guilty-in-2-6-million-fraud-cause FYI: Rocco's court date has been moved from 3/5 to 4/25 8:45am since he needs to dig up a new lawyer. Thanks to all for staying tuned in to this miserable saga. more ›