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Following is our ongoing list of arrests they've made for animal cruelty.
DATE:   ARRESTS:   STORY:
7/1/08   Mr. Hakeem Chatmon plead guilty to cruelty  
6/3/08   Mr. & Mrs. Stavraki plead guilty to cruelty  
6/4/08   Mr. Anthony Rodriguez pled guilty to cruelty  
5/14/08   Mr. Donny Varlgas plead guilty to cruelty  
4/17/08   Mr. Isaury Perez – Brito pled guilty to cruelty  
3/28/08   Mr. John Evans pled guilty to cruelty  
3/18/08   Mr. Glen Lowery plead guilty to cruelty  
3/13/08   Mrs. Lori Gagliardi plead guilty to cruelty  
2/21/08   Ms. Joan Donoghue plead guilty to cruelty  
2/20/08   Mr. Thomas G. Burdak plead guilty to cruelty  
2/20/08   Mr. Mark Keyser plead guilty to cruelty  
2/6/08   Ms. Amanda Sporman plead guilty to cruelty  
1/30/08   Ms. Lori Christini plead guilty to cruelty  
1/15/08   Mr. George Miller plead guilty to cruelty  
1/7/08   Mr. Christopher Emanuel pled guilty to cruelty  
1/5/08   Mr. Jerry Cash pled guilty to cruelty  
1/3/08   Ms. Carla Sigman pled guilty to cruelty  
8/21/07   Mr. Frances Callahan pled guilty to cruelty  
8/21/07   Ms. Kimberly Cook pled guilty to abandoning a dog  
8/12/07   Mr. Salvatore Mazzaferro pleads guilty to cruelty  
8/08/07   Mr. Raymond Kachmar pled Guilty to Failure to Provide Sustenance  
7/18/07   Feds Indict Vick on Dogfighting Charges  
7/1/07   Mr. Henry J. Brotnitsky pleaded guilty to cruelly killing an animal, is a third-degree offense.  
6/28/07   Ben Hamm of Raymondville NY found guilty of animal cruelty  
6/26/07   Ms. Christine Merker pled guilty to Abandoning a Domesticated Animal  
6/25/07   Mr. Jeffrey Bankert of J & L Pets, Inc. plead guilty to Acts
Constituting Cruelty In General.
 
6/20/07   'Animal House' Raided In New Jersey  
6/6/07   Ms. Carolyn Teryek of South Bound brook pleads Guilty to "Abandon a Domesticated Animal"  
6/19/07   Recep Arslan already charged with cruelty.
Cops add 2 counts of needlessly killing animal.
 
6/5/07   NJSPCA Major Crimes Unit and New Jersey State Police break up a dog fighting ring in Newark, NJ  
5/29/07   Ms. Tina Myrick, of Somerset NJ pleads guilty  
5/22/07   Owning pitbulls for fighting earns five-year sentence  
4/27/07   Jose Lima found guilty of depriving an animal of sustenance and failure to provide an animal with proper shelter  
4/18/07   Ronald Drew found guilty of animal cruelty  
3/15/07   Judge tosses jail term for East Orange 'cat lady'  
2/10/07   Teens Get 10 Years for Torturing, Killing Dog  
1/23/07   Jason Goodell of 99 Carroll Street, Paterson arrested on Dog fighting and other animal cruelty charges  

 

     
  John Smith was an agent in Zone 4 since January of 2007 and resided in Flanders NJ. He is survived by his wife Sue, three daughters, one son and four grandchildren. He was an avid motorcyclist and member of BKNJIX (Blue Knights), coached and played Rugby, and was a volunteer fireman for many years. He was 56 years old.