2017-03-31

Stephania Lauren Sciscione - Summerland Key


Charged with animal cruelty in 2010 (NJ). Information was found during a background check when Sciscione applied to adopt a dog from a Florida rescue.

March 31, 2017

DOB: 03/17/1979

NEWS STORIES

WOMAN ADMITS DRAGGING DOG WITH CAR

2010

A woman who was charged with dragging a leashed dog with a car because she didn’t want the animal to soil the car’s interior in August has pleaded guilty, the Asbury Park Press reports.

Citing Victor “Buddy” Amato, chief law enforcement officer for the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, as its source, the newspaper says that Stephanie L. Sciscione, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of animal cruelty in Middletown Municipal Court this morning, “admitting she dragged the terrier mix named Marlin by its leash down Locust Avenue, in the Navesink section of the township at about 5 p.m. on Aug. 25 after she located the dog that had run away earlier in the day.”

From the Press:
The woman was holding the leash out of her car window as she dragged the dog alongside the vehicle. Passing motorists tried to get Sciscione’s attention, but she instead got upset about the honcking horns and sped up around the cars and into the driveway of her boyfriend’s home on Locust Avenue, Amato said.

When police stopped her, Sciscione told them the runaway dog was “too muddy to put in the car,” Amato added.
A blood trail ran from the street into the driveway. The dog’s hind legs were raw and bleeding, its nails were worn down and its front shoulder was injured, Amato said.

The animal was transported to Red Bank Animal Hospital, before being taken to the Monmouth County SPCA in Eatontown. The dog sustained about $2,000 in medical bills to treat his injuries, Amato said.

M’TOWN WOMAN GETS ANIMAL ABUSE CHARGES

2010

A woman from the Navesink section of Middletown was charged with animal abuse today, after allegedly dragging her dog down a street with her car, according to the Asbury Park Press.

Stephanie Sciscione, of Locust Avenue, told authorities that her terrier was too dirty to put in her car, so instead dragged the dog, Marlin, by its leash and down her street yesterday afternoon, the Press reports.

She was charged with two counts of animal abuse this morning,  Monmouth County SPCA Chief Law

Enforcement Officer Buddy Amato told the Press.

More from APP:

Witnesses saw Stephanie Sciscione, 31, of Middletown’s Navesink section drive down her street at about 5 p.m. dragging a dog by its leash, Amato said. When police stopped her, Sciscione told them the terrier mix named Marlin had run away and was “too muddy to put in the car,” Amato said.

Amato found a blood trail that ran from the woman’s driveway out into the street, he said. The dog’s hind legs were raw and bleeding, its nails were worn down and its front shoulder was injured, Amato said. It was transported to Red Bank Animal Hospital, where he said it would stay overnight before being taken to the Monmouth County SPCA in Eatontown.

Sciscione will appear in court September 13.

ARRESTS
Palm Beach County

Case Number
Court Type
Case Type
File Date
50-2016-MM-004463-AXXX-MB
Misdemeanor
MISDEMEANOR
04/09/2016
50-2016-DR-003753-XXXX-NB
Domestic Relations/Family
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
04/14/2016
50-2016-DR-003752-XXXX-NB
Domestic Relations/Family
REPEAT VIOLENCE
04/14/2016
50-2015-DR-004654-XXXX-NB
Domestic Relations/Family
OTHER DOMESTIC RELATIONS
05/11/2015


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