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. >> now on chasing news. >> the tragic death of four young women who were killed and one limousine of a worry leaving a bachelorette parties struck by a drunk driver. >> the limo driver pulled a u-turn many question whether the turn was legal. >> acquiring dogs and puppies turn around selling them on the internet than on the streets. seven dogs were stolen and 71 dogs since 2008. >> the pit all breeds are being used as bait dogs for fighting. >> i headed over to new jersey. my first stop was hit ball
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haven. >> they actually eat some disgusting stuff. apparently they can actually swim. >> you are on long island and chasing the tragic death of four young women who were killed in a limousine while they were leaving a bachelor party struck a drunk driver. a lot of questions though as to what the limo was doing how he was made in the u-turn. >> another funeral today for one of those victims of the tragic crash. lauren baruk 24 years old. by many accounts you is the organizer and tracking the payments for the limousine they rented that day. the women were leaving vineyard 48 en route 48 when the limo driver pulled the u-turn. they run their last stop after a long fun day. >> i came out to the limo and the owner said he feels for the driver and obviously feels for
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the victims and their their families but he doesn't feel for the guy who drank and drove. he is 55 years old charged with dwi for now. >> the fact reminds -- remains the guy had alcohol. >> i got a new fact same kind of lamoka girls would have been writing in. >> you have to time it. >> nothing would have prevented them from losing their lives being hit in the way that they were. >> they could have been in the back of the limo. >> the problem is there was a blinking light and as of today it was just announced the time -- town put in a full stoplight.
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>> it's not the first accident. >> having a few drinks and driving home is somewhat acceptable in the u.s.. i don't know that it's socially acceptable. i think people go after you if you've had anything to drink and get behind the wheel. >> you can be a nice guy but once grew up you drink and drive its her fault. four people died. >> take ak cap. one drink and i still taken a burr. >> they took that advice. these four women are dead doing the right thing. >> that's a question tara is only a drunk driving issue or is it an issue that the township of stepped up and looks at the safety of the intersection prior to this? may be the light should have been there before a four young women lost their lives. >> high-speed chase. >> where there's smoke it can be seen for miles and the fire will be big. a five alarm big. it turns out flames poured through this warehouse
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incinerating tons of plastic auto parts with smoke. people were told to shut their windows and stay inside. people close by were told to close their windows. trucks were called then. it will probably be a total loss. >> i'm inside penn station where rain delays are actually ridiculously consistent with nj transit. look at the past 24-hour cycle have been two hour delays coming from work into our delays going from work. we have writers that told us it took two hours to get to work today. >> they led it rip on twitter. it's going to take us commuters
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riding isn't it? there's another tweeter who said the service is horrendous undependable and expensive to in the middle of all those tweets cory booker decided to weigh in and put himself on the computer saying that he would find an issue and give up the phone number of one of the staff members. >> he's not available at the moment. at the town record your message. >> i'm waiting to get to hear back from cory booker but people tweeted back at me. one of them said referring to the cory booker a.k.a. -- but one person to defend cory booker saying cory booker is fighting for us. >> it's got nothing to do with cory booker. it has to do with the nationwide
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neglect. we are not keeping up. our roads are falling apart and the train tracks there's not enough room in the room we have is falling apart. >> it seems like nj transit is not listening to local writers. the mayor sent an angry letter to the legislator and nj.com saying no improvements have been made in a long time so before his constituency wants to pay more they want the trains fixed. get cory booker out a bit get governor christie out to get the bureaucrats out. let business do what they do best. it would be cheaper for all of us. >> who do you think is going to privatize it? it's going to be them and fatcats. you are not going to solve it by doing that. it's ideal but it isn't going to work in reality. >> it's not ideal for someone
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concacaf it in a lab somewhere. you have major cities around the low bidder already doing it. >> after senator booker tweet it out the number for one of his staff members into the hitting 15 calls today. senator booker gave me the statement saying quote a last -- lack of them for structure leads to congested rail lines. we can help solve these problems by making smarter and more significant investments to organize rail infrastructure. that's why introduced a bipartisan bill the railroad reform and enhancement and efficiency act that will increase safety and curb delays by bringing us the two badly needed projects that would help remove idle macs of the new jersey transit system by eig adding rail systems under the hudson river and replacing the outdated ridge. >> bad guys have been stealing and acquiring dogs and puppies turning around and selling them on the internet and on the streets are quick cash to
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unsuspecting consumers. according to the national database of the american kennel club 600 or the seven dogs were stolen in 2014. that's up from $71 in 2008. this could be attributed to the anonymity of selling things especially things like that's and locking away the money. to find out more about what people can do to prevent the victims of both we are calling calling -- i'm here with scott crawford the assistant director of the associated you made society new jersey. he will tell us about what we can do to prevent ourselves from being victims. >> one of the most important things you can do is having your animal microchip. this is one of the easiest ways to show proof of ownership if the animal goes to another vet gave. >> rohan mentioned they where were rewarded 600 cases compared
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to 71 in 2008. it has jumped dramatically. has it been increasing over the past five or six years? >> it's been steadily increasing bad like everything else in animal welfare field social him baby is taken such a big part that stories are getting out there more than they have before. >> is a putting the dogs on e-bay to make money are they put into dogfighting rings? >> that's a huge point i want to make. there are breeds that they know that you made a couple thousand dollars and go on craigslist but the pit all breeds they are the most stolen dog in the country. unfortunately they are being used as bait dogs for fighting. a lot of these are dogs that are going to be aggressive so they are thrown in in as they dogs to train the fighting dogs. >> are they targeting certain breeds? >> we hear a lot of yorkie's and smaller dogs the designer dogs being stolen. >> the number one, two and three
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dogs the pit bull yorkshire terriers and three to wild west. >> how much is the cost to put a microchip and a dog? >> the lower end microchips $10 but it's just to give honor information. there are high-end ones that will track with your computer and your phone so if someone takes your car or your phone you can track them. >> if you are buying a line on on -- a dog on line, go to the puppy store. >> that is too cool. >> i got to be a marine biologist. not only is it fun but it's dirty and was my dream job. i failed. [laughter] >> i headed to adventure aquarium in camden new jersey. my first stop was hippo haven. before i could meet my two new
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friend hippos i had to get a little dirty. >> we are from "chasing news." here we are. >> you have to suit up for the job. first up they e disgusting stuff. they feed on the hippos and dead skin. >> yummy. >> next up i had to get rid of all the things that a 4000-pound animal leaves behind. and then finally i got to meet my new friend of porcupine who actually lived with a hippos in the exhibit. >> how's it going? actually got to pet them. the porcupine? >> why is the porcupine there are? >> has actually they are needed to the west nile where they live in a live comfortably together. they don't bother each other.
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finally they big moment came i got to meet jenny and buttons the two girls right there. the biologists actually do training with them where they put a paddle up to the glass and a hippos will come into the water touch their nose to the paddle and they get locked joy as a treat. the most interesting things i've learned which we have been debating a morning is apparently hippos can actually swim. apparently they can swim. >> apparently they can -- they can't. they jump in the water. >> if the waters too deep they will drown? >> they push out the things that are on the ground. >> they don't ground. you actually can go to the adventure grand and from her permission good at www.adventure
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aquarium.com. what is your dream job? >> i'm doing it. i don't know. [laughter] >> forget pricey hotels. >> that sounds cree
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>> how about that? camera you are chasing a story confusing and sad story about an 8-year-old boy who has been abducted and it's his own parents. >> check out this video. you can see michael and amy with her 8-year-old son everett. >> i am added. >> i am everett struck out. >> this is a kickstarter video that michael did to promote and raise money for his new business startup called on the road with struck out. >> it's going to be in interactive adventure. >> a month after he filmed this and put it on line everett was taken by authorities and put into the custody of his grandma. we don't know why he was taken away. early on the morning of july 17 effort and his mother went missing from the grandmother's home and i call the father
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packed up the winnebago and left their neptune home. none of them have been seen since. >> michael strako is not available. please leave a message after the tone. >> first i went to the strako home. it's a little bit odd come of baby toys scattered around in the trash piled over with beer cans. two neighbors let me in said they didn't want to be filmed because many people in neighborhood called michael a wacko. >> he went to house asking them for money. he came pounding on the door. >> on your dark? >> yes, somebody was after him. >> he was also seen by a lot of neighbors walking down the block to the liquor store which he would do three times daily. i confirmed this with a liquor store. he would buy a can of beer and walk home. he had been pleading about
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selling his stuff to fund this trip he wanted to take with his family. the lease and the fbi are conducting a nationwide search for them. crimestoppers have also offered $2500 to anyone who has information leading to their arrests. >> it's not the first incident from chopper to its services so if that happened that's really bad. >> they broke the law. they interfered with the child's welfare and they are going to be charged. >> ronica query here in atlantic city with the miss america organization just opened its headquarters at the claridge hotel. the ribbon was cut and we got deeper miss america herself along with atlantic city mayor don guardian and lieutenant governor kim quintana. this year marks the third and final year of a contract was
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that was signed that brought the miss america pageant back to -- from los angeles. the pageant has not signed a new contract. do you think the miss america pageant should stay in atlantic city? tweet me or cozin for updates follow me on twitter @chasing ronica. >> hipsters are becoming to go to target for criminals and according to cops is because these young trendy folks are not doing attention. >> he grabbed me and i defy them off. >> there's no better welcome to new york experience in getting robbed. as soon as it happens your physical security alert goes sky high.
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the bed for three days. jason hubbard broke into a home in new jersey and may and was walking through the open door while the owner was going to take out the garbage. police say what he did while he was there was hide under the bed in the spare bedroom and charged his cell phones. the homeowner found him and he was charged with criminal trespass, burglary and -- >> for young adults in parkland it's a different story. hipsters are becoming to go to target for criminals and according to cops is because these young trendy folks are not paying attention. >> they leave their windows open and somebody would climb in. >> bar owners -- are teaming up with a plan called out smart bka campaign to raise awareness about the hipster predecessors and safety tips to the community.
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>> general in new york is a safe place but it's not 100% safe so brian still occur and has some very simple practical knowledge that people can use to avoid being a victim. >> is the founder of the campaign david rosen. he said what makes this campaign so unique is the way it targets demographics. it's going digital posting pictures like this on instagram. that's where the voter -- photos play. hearing that message will get partygoers to remember to stop and think. >> would you go on his instagram account? >> no. >> why? >> because i don't care. >> i would hope i would have comments to figure my own way out. it's not hurting anyone and they
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are not putting a lot of money into it but they could put it somewhere else. i personally would never follow it read. >> i went to an event on monday night at brooklyn athletic club sponsored -- and it's all about self-defense. i spoke to one woman who said these kids are actually pretty import and because she was attacked. >> he grabbed the united by the mob. >> what is their definition of the hipster? my definition of the hipster i didn't feel like they were talking about naïve people. they should be saying night people. >> anyone robbing should be considered for capitalists of the week for the simple reason there is no better welcome to
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the new york experience in getting robbed as soon as that happens your physical security alert goes sky high and you start locking your doors and closing your windows. now if you are a new yorker. >> forget pricey new york city lapels -- hotels. stay in the span. >> it's got a mattress and a great deal. >> how about dinner? >> can i eat this? >> let me show you. ♪ >> this is a fox 29 news update. >> eye everyone i'm fox 29's chief meteorologist scott williams. quiet conditions for the overnight. very refreshing. high pressure it's in full control. so give the ac a break. open up the windows much it's going to be terrific thursday. look at those temperatures. upper 70s by 11:00. low 80s by 1:00a high of 86 degrees.
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will this pattern hold into the weekend? sue serio has the update at 4:00 a.m.
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(whimpering) heh. narrator: neptune-- eighth planet from the sun. a mystery now, we hope to have close-up photos from voyager 2 in 1989. we do have them! they're my home screen! miss hoover, once again, the lesson plan i prepared would have covered this topic much better. but i can see... (rumbling) (whimpers) miss hoover?

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