Really I am not down playing the dog being taken , but you obviously don't have any kids because there is no comparison between a dog and HUMAN child sorry.

Agree 100%.

Why? Was there no crime before he took office? This is ridiculous statement to make about this news article. Someone's heart is broken at the loss of a pet and you make political statements. Save it for another article. You are heartless!

Patch, remove that comment and ban Ken from this site for making such incendiary, politically biased and non-sensical non sequitors.

It is due to the economy and Obama owns it right now. We're in the security industry and crime soared in this town about a year and a half ago (give or take a bit). That's a set in stone fact.
This is because people are out of work and they resort to deviant behavior to get their fix, whether it's money for food or drugs.
There are two guys in that very neighborhood knocking on doors asking if anyone needs a handyman. They knock after dark and they don't look like "handymen". They look like thugs.

Getting a gun is only useful if you're home and you keep it on your person. The NJ gun laws are so restrictive you're going to end up in jail if you protect yourself. Look them up if you don't believe me.

This is just like it was during Jimmy Carter's presidency. Times were tough. Prices of things kept going up while jobs disappeared. Crime went through the roof. It took 10 years to dig out of that mess. People were stealing dogs then too. Why dogs? Because they sell them ( and I'm sorry if this upsets the homeowner, but it's reality) to medical labs. It was rampant then. You used to be able to go out with your dog and tie him up to go inside a store and find him there when you get out. That stopped. Do you see people going shopping and tying dogs anymore? Dogs were stolen from houses, yards and anyplace they can snag them from.

I hope the little dog is OK and only ran outside and is found hiding under a porch or something.

Yep you are right ken, when dubya was president we had no crime ! The real crime is that you have the ability to type .

And just where is President Obama involved in this example of stupidity, greed and gross anti-social behavior?

Ken, you're showing the ignorance of those who would "Blame Obama" for just about everything. Unfortunately, your unsubstantiated (that means no proof or evidence) remark reflects a real problem in our society, namely, looking for "blame" and our unwillingness to "blame" ourselves.

Ken
Get real........What does President Obama have to do with these dirt bags????
Maybe it is a sign of the Ritacco era...... He was the education leader of Toms River so he set a standard that all young people could look up to....

Local crime is much more a sign of the times under local government. Look to our idiot, do-nothing, never did anything Mayor and that bunch of blood sucker lawyers on Town Council all beholden to the Gilmore-Ritacco-Vicari machine before you start pointing fingers at anyone outside of Ocean County.

You have to be joking. Get a life.

Huh? What? Obama? Santa Clause? Wait...NO...it was the TOOTH FAIRY!!!
Geez Ken. What an ignorant thing to say. How old are you?

Huh? WHAT? Obama?? Santa Claus? No wait! It was the TOOTH FAIRY!!!
Geez Ken. What an ignorant thing to say.

i remember when everything was bushes fault lol

It's amazing that Ken and Securevelope think crime only rose under Democratic presidents! What pathetically warped thinking!

Most home burglaries happen in daytime. Ask any cop. That's when people aren't home.

At night, ignorant people like Ken and Securelope are home, being brainwashed by Faux News that 51% of voters (Democrats) are wrong... and the 1% deserve their tax breaks from the 99% of Americans.

Enough politics, you guys. Stick to the Patch story at hand!

Probably hacked by the same people who stole the dog !

Fiona was in her crate she was taken.

Explain to me the purpose of saying.."baby mama ? Why don't you just have the nuts to say what you really racist mean !

You know Mot Revir, I was thinking the same thing when I read "George's" post. But having been around the Patch for more than a year now, I know it's useless to try to call out some of these folks on their racism, their extreme politics and religious beliefs they think we all need to abide by.
The sad disappointment in my "neighbors" and fellow man rises nearly every day.
But thank YOU for saying what you did anyway.

You're joking right? You really thing some private citizen who works hard for the money they earn, the houses they own and the things they acquire should freely give to those who do not because of what you determine to be greed? Let me tell you something, life is not always fair. You make the best of it, but you don't resort to crime no matter what.

Making a living and doing well is NOT as much of a CRIME as being a thug, no matter what warped world you live in.

And an option of having a career? Well they chose the "career" of being a low life thug, not finding a job and doing the right thing. Like I said, we're in the security industry IN THIS TOWN and crime is way up in a very short time. When we gather video and catch these thugs, 99% of them are pill-heads, not poor unfortunate people who just need a break.

Get your head out of your buttocks.

Sorry but I don't there are plenty of other ways to support yourself...I'm not here to debate the issue but just so you know I work 3 jobs and have no sympathy for people who sit around crying there are no jobs and resort to kicking a door in on some poor unsuspecting person robbing them of the hard earned money possessions dignity and sense of security in there home ...how dare you put the scumbags that did the to my family in the same class as the hard working people in the US...SHAME ON YOU .....NO EASY PATH ....

no_easy_path.... you have go to be kidding, right ?
You can not be serious....There are shelters for the homeless men women and chilren in the US.
And WTH does this have to do with some person tresspassing on anothers property then taking what does NOT belong to them ? I don't get you reasoning. Just bc these people may have more then them ? Why should these people be begrudged what they have bc they worked hard it ?
You need to reset and re think your priorities and get a grip on the real world.
Thepoint here is someone's dog and possions were taken, without consent, which is a crime the last time I looked and the reason is not enought justifacation to do it !

Hey securelope,where did you get those statistics that crime is rising ? According to the FBi,crime has dropped by 5.3 for violent crime and 4.6 for property crime. So before you spout ignorant comments ..DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ! Oh wait, I see you are in the "security racket".I guess it's good to frighten potential customers ,more clients for you !!

Good idea. Craigslist allows the sale and trade of animals, unlike Ebay where it is not allowed at all.

What in the world fried your brain 'Ken'? A sign of the times that a house was broken in to and things were stolen? Wow I never knew that NEVER happened before Obama was elected. And Secureenvelope, are you telling us to put our faith in Brinks Security or the like! LOL LOL LOL ROFLMAO!

I'm staying out of this particular unnecessary political thing, but you could start here:

http://www.cityrating.com/crime-statistics/new-jersey/

Home > Crime Statistics > New Jersey
New Jersey crime statistics indicate a total downward trend in crime based on data from 10 years when violent crime was decreasing and property crime was decreasing.

Based on this report, the crime rate in New Jersey for 2012 is expected to be lower than in 2009 when the state violent crime rate was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 10.62% and the state property crime rate was lower than the national property crime rate average by 8.54%.

Are you serious? A box of papers worth more than a beloved family pet? Accounts can be closed, and documents can be replaced, but the puppy can not. It is obvious you are not an animal lover or a pet owner. You have no compassion at all for what this poor woman is going through not knowing what has happened to that beautiful puppy. She doesn't need to hear what she should have done. I am sure she is well aware of that now!

Thank you No name .. ..We would just like to find my mothers puppy..After losing her boyfriend suddenly and unexpectedly as well as my father to cancer yes the puppy did mean a lot to her.....yes more than her jewelry and pieces or paper .....

Was the pup microchipped? You might want to contact local vets and the humane society too.

You would most likely only have to do it once or twice and they would get the message and it might..... just might deter them!

I love the comment about trusting Brinks Home Security and their counterparts! Gee they have NO reason to scare people into BUYING their services. I mean their call centers that hire totally inept, under educated, hoods wouldn't have jobs without scaring the public. SecureEnvelope you are a piece of work. You say you are in the Security Industry yet you don't trust Government Agencies, so you gave yourself away by that statement and told us you are in the pseudo-security industry. Like play copy you are play security forces:) Hah! Funny!

Comprehension a problem with you much Ellen? Brinks? They ARE the worst. And how pray tell, is not trusting the government related to having a home security system?
Why should I trust the government? Tell me. Please, tell me why they have so much credibility that I should trust them and not myself?

No comprehension problem SecureEnvelope, none at all. You said you were in the Security Industry. You seem so proud to be part of that industry. So I can only assume that you are not with the CIA, FBI, DEA, Border Control or any of the other Government Agency that protect b/c you don't trust the Government, per own words. So I made an assumption that you are with a Commercial Security company. Let's see, if it's not the Government and it's not a commercial company that residential customers can subscribe to. If I am incorrect then what company are you with? How do we homeowners secure your services?

Your first problem is you assumed I meant Brinks.
Your second wrong assumption is that the CIA, FBI, DEA and border patrol have anything to do with what I don't trust in government. Neither do they protect your home from burglary.
But hey, you go and get your self monitoring system, have them send a text to your Jitterbug phone and go catch them yourself. I don't care. Oh and please, I am not promoting my company, nor would I. It's not my place to do so here. That would be called SPAMMING.
Do your own homework. Hire your own choice of company and just make sure they install high definition cameras to capture the faces of the idiots who rob you. You won't be calling us. We don't do home systems.

Now, go assume anything you want. It doesn't bother me if you walk around talking smack with no knowledge, only assumptions.

Securevelope: actually the CIA,FBI,DEA and Border Patrol do protect our homes from invasions/burglary.

Part I of my reply

SecureEnvelope - you need to comprehend when you read something. When I said "Brinks and the like", my statement was not directed to Brinks alone. "and the like" means all of the other security companies just like Brinks who are managed by the same people over and over again. The call centers of all commercial security companies are manged by ppl who managed the call centers of all of the competing companies. It's like a revolving door in that industry - the employees go in and out of one company to a competitor to another. SecureEnvelope I am 70 years old and have never been a victim of home invasion. There are many many ways to keep your home from being broken in to and all put together they cost less than $100. Lights on timers with each timer programmed for various times of the night. Timers that turn the TV on for daytime noise. Motion detector recordings of barking dogs that turn on when someone approaches your doors or windows, depending on where you put your detector(s). I have 3. Motion detector floodlights in the back and front of my property in trees.

Part II of my reply

SecureEnvelope - The lights look like a landscaping detail when they go on. A Homeowner simply needs to go to Home Depot or Lowes to find the things I mentioned in Parts 1 and II of my reply. Why should I pay a service $25/month, where I don't know a soul, who hire high school drop outs, many with questionable 'records', who turn over in those call center jobs constantly to protect my home? What I recommend for you SecureEnvelope is to do your homework and look up the government agencies I mentioned to see what their mission statements are. As Carolina Shores said, those agencies do indeed protect our homes. Here's a little piece of information for you 'Not So SecureEnvelope'. How many Gas company, cable company and telephone company trucks do you see each day with their uniformed employees shimming up the poles to 'make repairs'? How many of those are really government agencies placing surveillance equipment on those poles and lines? You haven't got a clue 'Not So SecureEvenlope' but I do.

Ellen, you're too funny! First you bitch at me that I don't trust the government, then say that the CIA, FBI and Border Patrol DO protect our homes on the local level and someone is goofy enough to back that up for you. NOW you come on here telling me that all the utility companies are really government spies placing surveillance equipment on our phones and homes?
So which is it? Should I trust the government or not?
Paranoid much are you? Yeah.
You're not a victim of home invasion these days out of luck, not because you are so swift in how you do things. But hey, I don't give a fig. The CIA has your back. <laughing my butt off>

My, my, can certainly get a rise out of you can’t we……? Paranoia is not something I wrestle with in my life. BTW You are the one who said you don’t trust the government ‘Not So SecureEnvelope’ so those were your words not mine – I was only repeating what you said. And again, you didn’t read correctly or comprehend what I said. I never said, per your post, that “all the utility companies are really government spies placing surveillance equipment on our phones and homes?”. I said the agencies use those utility companies, in partnership with those utilities, to place survielliance equipment in every town across this country where needed and when needed. Yes ‘Not So Secure Envelope’ it happens every day somewhere across this country. You don’t think that is, at some level, protecting us locally? Your ability to see the big picture is so limited friend. You don’t know who you are talking with ‘Not So SecureEnvelope’ b/c if you did you would be tucking your tail under, red faced and walking away from this conversation. Funny thing is ‘Not So SecureEnvelope’ I know EXACTLY who you are and that’s why I can snicker at your increasingly aggravated posts. Have a wonderful day at work tomorrow. Not so secure eh? Tata.

Part one
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Ellen

7:33 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012

My, my, can certainly get a rise out of you can’t we……? Paranoia is not something I wrestle with in my life. BTW You are the one who said you don’t trust the government ‘Not So SecureEnvelope’ so those were your words not mine – I was only repeating what you said. And again, you didn’t read correctly or comprehend what I said. I never said, per your post, that “all the utility companies are really government spies placing surveillance equipment on our phones and homes?”. I said the agencies use those utility companies, in partnership with those utilities, to place survielliance equipment in every town across this country where needed and when needed. Yes ‘Not So Secure Envelope’ it happens every day somewhere across this country. You don’t think that is, at some level, protecting us locally? Your ability to see the big picture is so limited friend. You don’t know who you are talking with ‘Not So SecureEnvelope’ b/c if you did you would be tucking your tail under, red faced and walking away from this conversation. Funny thing is ‘Not So SecureEnvelope’ I know EXACTLY who you are and that’s why I can snicker at your increasingly aggravated posts. Have a wonderful day at work tomorrow. Not so secure eh? Tata.>>>>>>>>>

Part two to ellen:

If this is a veiled threat of YOU figuring out who I am, where I live or anything of the like, I suggest you forget it.

If you think government agencies spying on people in the way you suggest, are protecting us, YOU ARE INSANE. That my friend is called illegal wire tapping and it is indeed illegal, even within the confines of the patriot act.

YOU can trust the government all you want. YOU apparently do not understand the constitution as it is written. It is NOT federal government's job to spy on citizens under the guise of protection.

And you most certainly did NOT say the utilities work in concert with the government. You said:

"Here's a little piece of information for you 'Not So SecureEnvelope'. How many Gas company, cable company and telephone company trucks do you see each day with their uniformed employees shimming up the poles to 'make repairs'? How many of those are really government agencies placing surveillance equipment on those poles and lines? You haven't got a clue 'Not So SecureEvenlope' but I do."

Now that sounds like paranoia to me.
But again, you can feel secure that the CIA and other Federal agencies have your back via back door spying on your home. Yeah, that's protection. Have a nice life.

Oh and one more thing....
"You don’t know who you are talking with ‘Not So SecureEnvelope’ b/c if you did you would be tucking your tail under, red faced and walking away from this conversation. Funny thing is ‘Not So SecureEnvelope’ I know EXACTLY who you are and that’s why I can snicker at your increasingly aggravated posts. "

1) I am not aggravated. I am trying to have a civil debate. But you can't be civil - you feel the need to name call. Very mature.
2) I don't give a fig who you are. Your threat of "power" does not scare me. If you want to contact me personally and make me run tuck-tailed because you're so "bad", feel free to hit my personal area on this board and I'll meet up with you. I could use a good laugh.
3) There's about 250 people mocking you right now on my website. You're a hoot!

This has been an interesting blog to follow, considering it started with a stolen pup. You seem beat up upon Secureenvelope. However I must say that Ellen is correct. The government and utilities do work together when there is reason for surveillance as my son works for one of the agencies and he has done this many times. I, for one, don't look at what they are doing as an invasion of privacy and I agree with the lady who said it does protect us at some level.

JMO...BUT now that the puppy has been found the editor can close this article as it is just clogging up my emails with all this nonsence of Securevelope and Ellen.
Wow talk about going off on a tangent!
93 comments on this and only 15 are about the lady loosing her dog and getting it back. Really?
There should be a button to Stop getting "posts" about an article when when you wan, just like the one to "keep me posted".
You people need a hobbie other than reading and posting to The Patch!!!

RedonRed, ever since they revamped the Patch comments section a few weeks back it's almost impossible to stop those "noreply" email notifications. Unclicking everything to do with notifications in your profile or clicking "stop following" just above the comments under an article, did NOT stop those emails for me.
Finally, I just emailed " help@patch.com " and asked them to please stop ALL email notices from the Patch site.
All or Nothing -- Seems to be the only thing that works.

That's excellent news!

hey Catherine, we would love to know the ending of this story. How as she found? geesh, finish it up.....glad she ok.

You better have rock solid proof of such an accusation. By that comment alone, you call me and our company thieves and criminals. It's very bold of you to make such a comment anonymously on an internet board, but try saying it to our (as in the entire security industry) faces. You wouldn't.
I don't even need to list names, just walk into any company office and spout off like the imbecile you are. Houses that have alarms are rarely robbed.

Cody,
Not all security firms are bad. Not all cops are bad, not all teachers are bad, not all politicians are bad hmmmm (not sure about that), not all people are bad.

Some security firms are fly-by-nights. Security industry was downgraded when companies like Dictograph (not dictaphone) opened their doors and every installer in the industry wanted to open their own company. If you want a first class AAA ul system circa 1970 and earlier, you couldn't afford it. You get what you pay for.
Let the buyer beware

I have always suspected that. There are other ways to secure your property more safely than buying into one of those never ending monthly services. You can buy fake signs and post them outside of your house and then install your own private network.

Again? geesh. did u change your password?

That didn't work for me, Secure. Soon as I commented anywhere it would be back on the Following list. Gotta email help@patch.com to stop those noreply emails once and for all.

Mattie, a lot is not working for you here it seems. Did you see my comments to you in your personal area? All those posts you made and they still are not there last time I checked that thread. I got updates via email but your words are not there.
Unsubscribing is working for me. Apparently the new software Patch is using has a lot of bugs in it.

Secure, yes I saw your posts in my profile area. And when I replied back to them in your profile area, it went into pending and never came out! Twice!! They are still sitting in there on YOUR board saying "Pending" and not posted. I can't even delete them and forget about them.
Then I posted to you in MY profile area, that worked, no problem, so you can see my answer to you there.....
Yeah, a lot of bugs. Apparently they aren't using very sophisticated software, nor have the techs available to upgrade and fix as they go along. :: shrugs::