Monday, January 21, 2013
Judge Spencer B. Robbins lives in Chatham but voted from his law office in Woodbridge for 12 years
Woodbridge Judge Spencer B. Robbins, who moved to Chatham in 1998 but continued voting from his Woodbridge law office for 12 years, was reappointed to another three-year term as a municipal judge. Robbins' reappointment was buried in a New Year flurry of resolutions that the council voted on at their reorganization meeting earlier this month. He makes approximately $77,000 in the position, according to a Home News Tribune report. The trouble came about when it was learned that Robbins, who owns a law practice in Woodbridge, had been voting from his office address since 1998, four years after he was appointed to a judgeship here. He was stopped after Christopher Struben, the Republican candidate for mayor who lost in the 2011 election, …
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Nineteen of 21 towns had all the red light cameras shut down by NJDOT. In Woodbridge, though, only one of the four intersections is part of that order.
If you got a ticket at one of the red light camera traffic zones in Woodbridge, you might be due a refund. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) yesterday issued a notice to suspend the pilot program that had summonses being issued after cameras took pictures of cars thought to be running red lights. The suspension affected 21 of the 25 municipalities where the program has been active since 2009. The problem, according to the statement released by NJDOT, is that the timing of the yellow lights at only 22 of the 85 red light camera intersections statewide had been certified according to the formula in the legislation. All 85 lights, the DOT statement said, were in compliance with a "nationally accepted standard used by NJDOT…
Saturday, June 16, 2012
The owner of a sick puppy bought from the Avenel pet store won by default Friday.
Another chapter of the Fancy Pups saga came to an end Friday. Doreen Longo, the Toms River woman who purchased a German Shepherd puppy who died of parvovirus last December, won a battle instituted by Rocco Garruto, the owner of Fancy Pups, the Avenel store that sold her the sick dog. Garruto had accused Longo of lunging at him in the waiting room of Woodbridge Municipal Court earlier this year. He dragged her into court on criminal charges, saying that she threatened him and made bodily contact with him. Longo won by default, though, because once again, as he's done before, Garruto was a no-show. The judge dismissed the charges while Longo and her attorney waited for their case to be brought up. As far as Longo is concerned, though, the …
Monday, April 2, 2012
Doreen Longo launched a lawsuit on behalf of Sasha, the dead puppy she bought from Fancy Pups. Now store owner Rocco Garruto is suing back.
The owner of the Avenel puppy store accused of selling sick animals said in a legal brief that the negative publicity has caused his store sales to plummet 60 percent. Rocco Garruto, owner of Fancy Pups, filed a countersuit against Doreen Longo, who bought a German Shepherd puppy from Garruto in December that died of a deadly contagious canine disease 10 days after she bought the dog. In the legal papers, Garruto accused Longo of "waging an all out war" against him that included posting pictures "of a dead puppy" on the Internet and costing him tons of business. He also accused her of libel and slander, and of making defamatory statements, such as calling Garruto a "puppy killer" - all of which he claimed has caused customers who had put…
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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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Cosmicinnj
4:23 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Lets get it straight, Assignment Judge Travis L. Francis has continued to allow the integrity of the bench in Middlesex County to follow his predecessor Robert Longhi and assist the Middlesex County Democratic Mob in the commission of their crimes. Why would Woodbridge whose Prosecutor is Director Freeholder Chris Rafano and a counsel member whose father is not only a Freeholder (Delina) but a … more ›