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Case #13707 Rating: 2.8 out of 5
Animals abandoned in apartment, two die
Garfield, NJ (US)Incident Date: Thursday, Dec 7, 1989
County: Bergen
Charges: Misdemeanor
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: Kim Marie Kopf
A woman who rented an apartment in Garfield was found guilty of animal cruelty in Municipal Court last week for leaving three cats and a dog without water and food for several weeks, according to a Bergen County animal cruelty prevention officer.
Two of the cats died, and the surviving cat and dog were emaciated and dehydrated when the Bergen County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals found them Dec. 7, animal cruelty prevention officer Lt. Robert Arms said. The remaining animals are available for adoption; anyone who is interested can call Larry Wilke of Bergen County Animal Control at 646-3200.
The woman, Kim Kopf, who had rented an apartment at 99 Division Ave., was fined $300. She also was sentenced to two years of supervised probation, which will be reduced to six months probation if all requirements are met then, according to Garfield Municipal Court records.
Kopf could not be reached for comment; she told authorities that she moves frequently, Arms said.
The owner of the Division Avenue home where Kopf lived, Anna Sinka, told Authorities Kopf had not been there to feed the animals for about three weeks, Arms said. Kopf had lived at the apartment for about three months References- South Bergen Town Record, Page 5 (By Caroline Herzfeld, Record Staff Writer) - December 27, 1989
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