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12/19/11 8:20 PMMorris County SPCA enforcement activities suspended....
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Morris County SPCA enforcement activities suspended....November 29, 2007, 11:49PM MTBy George C DeGiovanni
NJ SPCA suspends Morris County Chapter after the president, James Osorio, accidentally shootshimself in the leg.
NJ SPCA suspends Morris County Chapter afterthe president, James Osorio, accidentally shootshimself in the leg.
Posted by George DeGiovanni, Best FriendsNetwork.
James Osorio, president but identifies himself asChief of the Morris County SPCA, accidentallyshot himself on Wednesday around 12:15 with a 9mm handgun that he was cleaning inside hispersonal vehicle. He was freelancing as anunarmed Security Officer for the Temple B’naiAbraham in Livingston. As of right now, there areno charges filed against him pending aninvestigation. He is suspected of carrying the 9mm without any authorization.
The NJ State SPCA Superintendent, Frank Rizzo,has suspended the enforcement activities of theMorris County Chapter and the State SPCA will behandling the county’s enforcement. SPCAspokesman, Matt Stanton, says that they need tocheck out what is happening in the Morris CountyChapter. Osorio had filed a firearm carry permitwith the NJ State Police but the state SPCA hasnot been notified as of yet that he has received thecarry permit.
This is one of many black marks against PresidentOsorio. Osorio has also brought animal cruelty
charges against a family in Mendham Twp and has failed to appear for the hearing twice, the second time being on Wednesday,the day he shot himself. Originally the case was schedule for trial on Nov. 8th.
This particular case was about a Lab-terrier mix, 14 year old dog named Bobby Joe. The Button family had him since he was apuppy, that was until Sept 10th. A passerby with good intentions called the Mendham police stating they saw Bobby Joe wasthin and hobbling on the property. Osorio, a SPCA officer and an ACO from St. Huberts went to the Buttons home andquestioned them about Bobby Joe. The dog was seized and then killed on September 24th.
St. Huberts received a letter from President Osorio stating that after consulting with Morris County Asst. Prosecutor BrianDiGiacomo and a Vet it was decided that Bobby Joe should be killed. That was on September 17th. The thing is the vet whosupposedly saw Bobby Joe never did. Vet, David Howard, says that he never saw the dog but was shown pictures which afterreviewing just showed a dog that was old and skinny.
What you can do:
Contact the New Jersey State SPCA. Let them know that you want a full investigation done on President Osorio and his actionsthat may or may not have been in the best interest of the animals he is sworn to protect.
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Posted February 08, 2009, 6:31PM by bobbypam2007Jim Osorio is known to be someone who really loves animals and cares about them. I met him when he was goingto New Orleans to rescue the Katrina animal victims. He was loved & respected in Morristown,NJ where he hadbeen animal control & although I did not know him personally I had heard from many sources of all the great thingshe had done : a real animal advocate even off-duty.
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