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greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 6717
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 9:20 am: | 
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http://www.capecodonline.com/archives/7days/tues/ohioxshappy7.htm |
frannyfree
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Username: Frannyfree
Post Number: 155
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 10:02 am: |
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Boy, that is a strange story. |
Duncan
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Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 5689
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 10:16 am: |
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But God I love Cape Cod! |
doulamomma
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Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 943
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 2:27 pm: |
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"while nobody likes a cat thief" - didn't they mean cat burglar?? |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 6720
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 2:42 pm: |
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Not sure what the difference is, but they stole someone's cat.
I've had a couple people e-mail me links to the Boston Herald article on it. It gets even more bizzare.
I guess I'm obsessed because the thieves are local & I'd lose my mind if someone took my cat.
http://www.moggies.co.uk/articles/jan2006/ohio.html
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=125000 |
bets
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Username: Bets
Post Number: 22748
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 3:22 pm: |
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I am SOOOOO glad he got his cat back. The local couple should be prosecuted, IMHO. |
ess
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Username: Ess
Post Number: 1042
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 3:26 pm: |
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Why would people kidnap a cat? That is sociopathic behavior! |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12390
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 3:28 pm: |
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Wouldn't that be called catnapping?
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ess
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Username: Ess
Post Number: 1043
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 3:29 pm: |
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Yes, though it could have some confusion with catnapping -- i.e., taking a snooze in the middle of the day.  |
Pizzaz
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Username: Pizzaz
Post Number: 3133
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 4:13 pm: |
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Some tend to snooze more often than others....  |
doulamomma
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Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 945
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 4:14 pm: |
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I was trying to make a joke re. this crazy situation...(like a cat burglar who sneaks into a house like a cat)...
This is making me remember the local situation where someone took someone's dog (was discussed on MOL) - the dog eventually made it home & I think there was some thought that the person had taken someone else's dog before... |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 3901
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 5:47 pm: |
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I think they should have named the lowlifes who did this! This ranks right up there with the shanks that refused to return the dog to the hurricane survivors. |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 3902
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 5:53 pm: |
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doul
Yep, I remember the dog story and how a lot of us helped look for it. It was a bout a year later the owners found him. I think the dog's name was Rosco?
Even though Ohio's owner had to agree not to press charges to get his cat back, I hope he does. If for nothing more then to out these creeps. If I lived in West Orange I would want to know if these creeps live near me.
We don't let Miracle out of the house, but ever once in a while she escapes. As much as I complain she doesn't like me I would be very upset if someone stole her. |
The Soulfullest Mr T
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Username: Howardt
Post Number: 1412
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 6:41 pm: |
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I can't understand how in the world someone in Massachusetts wouldn't know where Ohio is. What kind of education do they provide in Massachusetts? |
monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 2054
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 7:04 pm: |
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Even if they don't press charges, a few well placed flyers and an ad in the paper can work wonders. |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 3907
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 12:02 am: |
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Monster
I agree! I have a feeling we haven't heard the last of this story. |
Duncan
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Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 5697
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 9:26 am: |
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Mr T...I have a Massachusetts education if that is any barometer.  |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 6722
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 9:47 am: |
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Yes, but the question "where is Ohio" is now trickier than it used to be.
I want to see if I can get one of the "Free Ohio" t-shirts mentioned in the articles.
I read something else online last night about how people who think that they know who the thieves are have been writing the initials on "Lost Kitty" posters around Ptown.
I wonder if the Star-Ledger will pick it up as one of those "weird criminal" pieces? |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1891
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 12:11 pm: |
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I am curious - what happens to people who steal a pet? I think in general how serious a theft is considered depends on the value of that which is stolen. A domestic pet, unless purebred, would be considered of very low value to the law - or would it?
It's not the same as kidnapping a human, but to pet lovers, it is really about as serious. I wonder what the law says. |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12406
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 12:25 pm: |
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CLK, my weak understanding of our legal system is that it emphasizes precedent over statutes. So it doesn't matter what's written. If a case points out that stealing a pet is serious because of the emotional distress it causes, then it can establish that it's worse than stealing an inanimate object of $X in value.
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Brett
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Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 2141
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 12:37 pm: |
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A guy I knew in the Navy would subsidies his income by pet napping and then returning the animals for a reward, or selling them to a pet store. From what I understand it got to the point that some stores would ask for a particular pet, and give him the address of the owner. The guy was making a fortune. He would even take trips to other towns, stay over night, then return in a week to look for wanted posters.
He eventually got caught, and was charged with Animal Cruelty, in Florida that is a Felony (NJ is a Misdemeanor). I’m not sure what the penalty was, because he first had to serve out the sentence that the Navy gave him, before dealing with the state. I do know he ended up with a Bad Conduct Discharge.
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CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1892
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 12:40 pm: |
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That's very comforting to know - I had the impression it was a slap-on-the-wrist kind of offense.
Wow, that guy in the Navy was a real case. |
Brett
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Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 2142
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 12:55 pm: |
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He sure was. He got caught because he had rented a room in a seedy motel, and had 4 dogs in there (he had been kicked out of his apartment). He had to leave on deployment, so he left the dogs and then called the Hotel, saying someone needed to go in there and take them to the pound. The Hotel was in Jacksonville, and a chip showed that one of the dogs was from St. Augustine. The pound called the owner, and when the owner showed up, she recognized one (or more) of the other dogs from Reward Posters.
The guy gets back from deployment and goes to St Augustine, he sees one of the old posters and what the reward was, I’m guessing it was a lot, because he steals the dog again. Then when he contacts the owner, the Police were there to pick him up.
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