Beachgoers, State Trooper Matthew Waples, and Hull/Hingham animal control officer Leslie Badger saved a 14-year old silky terrier named Foxy from drowning, believe it or not, at the hands of her owner. Barbara O’Driscoll, 60, of Cohasset, allegedly dragged the 12-pound pooch into the water at Nantasket Beach in Hull. Witnesses alerted Trooper Waples who brought the animal control officer in to care for Foxy. Waples said O’Driscoll said "It's just a dog." Badger performed CPR and "mouth-to-snout" resuscitation en route to the VCA South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. Foxy is still being treated there with oxygen therapy, IV fluids and antibiotics. O’Driscoll pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty, disorderly conduct and violating a ban on dogs at Hingham District Court on Wednesday. She allegedly admitted to drinking several glasses of wine. She's due in court on August 29. [Herald], [WCVB]
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Michael Varano, 52, of Bridgewater was arrested, for robbing the St. Thomas Aquinas parish center in Bridgewater, for the second time in three months for breaking and entering and larceny on Friday. His 11-year old son was with him during the robberies. Varano was arraigned on April 6 on 49 charges after breaking into 16 homes. During one heist, he brought his 4-year old daughter with him. His son faces juvenile charges. [WCVB]
A Boston man was charged with indecent assault and battery after groping a woman on the thigh and groin outside of her pants on an MBTA Orange Line train on Wednesday. The victim resisted and took a picture of the suspect with her cell phone. She left the train at the Jackson Square Station and told the T about the incident. MBTA police located him at the Forest Hills Train Station. [WCVB]
-- Patrick Johnson, 31, an off-duty Lowell police officer, was killed by an alleged drunk driver on Saturday morning. Johnson was riding his motorcycle when he was hit. Theary Chan, 26, of Lowell was charged with motor vehicle homicide and was arraigned at Lowell District Court on Monday and was held on $5,000 bail. Chan admitted to having a "couple of beers." [WCVB]
A man and a woman having a domestic dispute is, sadly, fairly commonplace. A Southbridge couple was having a dispute and when the woman's dog cam to help her, the man stabbed the dog repeatedly with a large kitchen knife. The dog, a 5-year-old pit bull mix named , is at Tufts University’s veterinary hospital in Grafton, and is expected to fully recover. The suspect is being held without bail until a dangerousness hearing on Monday. He pleaded not guilty to charges including domestic assault and battery, violating a restraining order, and animal cruelty.All charges alleged until proven under law. [Globe]
-- Terrell Muhammad has killed two people, one a Boston Police officer, but was released from prison in May of 2009. Since being released, he allegedly was involved in two crimes. He reportedly stole a TV from a Veterans Hospital in Providence in October of 2009, and received a suspended sentence with probation. He was arrested on Saturday after swerving at officers during a pursuit in Cranston, R.I. [Herald]
Certain things seem obvious, so obvious that it goes unsaid that they shouldn't be done. At least one Rhode Island man failed to read the memo that explained it's a dumb friggin' idea to perform surgery on your own dog to treat a cyst. The gang at the Rhode Show - think Fox & Friends in a trailer park instead of a modern TV studio - seemed more worried about the financial ramifications of playing Operation on Fido than the idea of an untrained person treating a sick animal. The owner/surgeon said he couldn't afford a veterinarian for the patient/victim, a 14-year old lab named Nakita. The owner pleaded no contest to animal cruelty charges last week.
--O'Ryan Johnson, a Boston Herald crime reporter, faces up to 10 years in prison for allegedly kicking a man in the chest. Johnson asked for help at a laundromat in Groveland and the 74-year old man who responded got yelled at then kicked. Johnson was reportedly with a young girl. [Lawrence Eagle Tribune]
Some thug left a defenseless kitten in a Hyde Park mailbox Saturday, according to news reports. A postman discovered the kitten and quickly brought her to the MSPCA hospital in Jamaica Plain, where she is recovering from being shoved through the narrow postbox slot. She will be put up adoption soon.
--Yesterday, a guy in the North End gave police a 30-inch-long baby boa constrictor inside a Crown Royal bag. We're not sure if toting a snake in a Crown Royal bag is animal cruelty or public disturbance or what. It's definitely weird and kind of cool. The unnamed man said he "found it on the street." The bag was also wet, and the Herald didn't know why. One can only guess. The optimistic answer would...
Just over a week ago the Globe brought us the discouraging story that Mitt Romeny used to take the Romney family vacations with their pet strapped atop the family station wagon back in the 80's. The tales of flip-flopping positions on contentious political issues haven't grabbed the spotlight quite as well as poor treatment of the family dog. Politicians have been famous for their pets, Nixon had Checkers and Clinton had Socks and a whole...
Bostonist has a bit of an obsession with the McCloskey story Make Way for Ducklings and was happy to see the ducklings waddling along Beacon Hill for Mother’s Day. Other news this weekend was also foul, from the scuffle at Faneuil Hall to the real goosestomper in Attelboro. Bostonist is all for free speech, but we can’t stand animal cruelty. The Boston Globe reported in an absurd juxtoposition this morning that a Rhode Island man who stomped to death five baby Canada Geese and injured their mother to an extent that she was later euthanized.