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Police: Lacey Woman Left Dog to Die

A Forked River woman was charged with animal cruelty after allegedly leaving a dog to die in her residence

 

A Forked River woman was charged with animal cruelty after allegedly leaving a dog to die in her residence, police said.

Megan Otte, 21, was arrested after Lacey Township police officers responded to a Pensacola Road address to investigate a suspicious odor, police said.

Officer Paul Sullivan discovered a deceased dog located inside a dog crate at the home. The mixed breed dog, named Ruger, had been dead for approximately one month.

An investigation by Sullivan and Officer Paul Schlossbach of New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals found that Otte, the homeowner, moved from the residence and left Ruger alive in the cage. Sometime after she moved, the dog died, police said.

Otte was charged with animal cruelty and abandonment. She was transported to the Ocean County Jail with bail set at $7,500.

Lacey Township Animal Control Officer Michael San Juan also assisted at the scene.

Related Topics: Animal Cruelty and Lacey Township

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Patricia A. Miller

5:09 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012

Cousin it,
I understand your reaction. But I had to remove the comment because of the profanity. Please feel free to repost in a way I can leave your comment up.

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Lanoka Lou

5:20 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012

As an avid animal lover i feel she should be caged, starved, pistol whipped and an forced to live in her own feces until her death!..hows that

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Lisa marotta

5:35 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012

Totally agree 7500 not enough in my eyes. Some people are pathetic.

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Lowmal

6:28 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012

The depth of depravity of the human soul never ceases to astound me.

Every bit of sadness, anguish, worry, pain or sickness this savage will have in her life will not be enough penance for what she's done.

Putrid meat-sack.

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HotUnderTheCollar

7:22 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012

People like this deserve to rot in jail. I wish this site wasn't censored so I can share my true feelings!

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Tom C

7:38 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012

I think it's time we raise the penalty on animal cruelty. Every known study links animal cruelty with child abuse, murder, domestic violence, etc. $7,500?

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Paul E Taylor Jr

9:11 pm on Thursday, July 19, 2012

That is the amount of the bail, not the fine. It is sad to say that punishment is never that tough when they are convicted. Look at Michael Vick. Consider this, EVERY serial killer in the United States started out abusing or killing animals, EVERY ONE OF THEM !!!

JM

9:30 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012

What a heartless B---H she could of taken it to a shelter if she could not take it with her. She should go to jail! B---H!

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Mike F

10:28 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012

Phuck this bitch... Ur a heartless POS and u should rot in hell!

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Deborah A Rawlins

10:34 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012

again,another poor helpless animal tortured and left to die a slow horrible death!and what will be done about this?!nothing?of course not!thats why this don't stop!how many poor animals have to suffer and die,in inhumane,heartless,cruel hands?!there is no dam excuse in the world to do what this person did!why don't you law makers give animals rights as we have?!you can use them for service dogs,therepy dogs,police dogs,bomb sniffing dogs and seeing eye dogs!then you can make the law an eye for an eye!why would you let this keep happening?!something is terribly wrong here!

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Keeping whats mine

8:50 am on Friday, June 29, 2012

Put that scumbag in a crate in the sun for the next few days with no water. See how bad she can smell. Rot PIG ROT!

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livingthedream

9:19 am on Friday, June 29, 2012

Just looked on her facebook page, out of curiosity. Apparently she's a Certified Nursing Assistant at a local rehab center. SERIOUSLY? She is supposed to take care of humans? To me, my dogs are my family and they might as well lock her up and throw away the key. Disgusting.

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Dee

7:16 am on Sunday, July 1, 2012

AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL How can a human being think this is a solution to anything? There are shelters. Nothing bad that happens to her will ever be enough to right this wrong....HORRIBLE. My heart aches for what that innocent animal went through. Hope she does not reproduce.

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LINDA BELLSIANO

11:00 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

This is absolutley a very sad story. My heart breaks for this poor dog. How can anyone treat a animal this badly. I love dogs!!!! There is no excuse for this women to do what she did to this poor dog. I just hope she doesn't treat her patients like she treated this poor HELPLESS dog. SHAME ON YOU MEGAN OTTE

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Linda Ellis

9:29 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012

Megan Otte: You should be sentenced to hell on earth! They should throw you in jail with the other scum of the earth-- the murderers, rapists, drug dealers, thieves and folks just like you.

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