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Judge orders Jersey Shore cast member to anger management counseling after sibling fght, PAGE A3
TOMS RIVER When the storm surge from super-
storm Sandyshoved the Kettle Creek into Doug Quinns
home, he waded through waist-deep water to escape in
the middle of the night. Ask him today and hell tell you
that was the easy part.
Nobody ever thought our insurance company and
our government would cheat us, and Im sorry but thats
the way we feel, he said during a news conference ar-
ranged by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and at-
tended by other families with insurance and rebuilding
woes, in the shell of Quinns home. I never thought in a
million years that after two years wed still be out of our
home and take a look around were not even close.
Quinn has been going back and forth with the Feder-
al Emergency Management Agency (for his National
Flood Insurance Program policy payout) and the state
(for disaster aid) for a home that he and his 17-year-old
ROAD TO RECOVERY
RUSS ZIMMER/STAFF PHOTO
Doug Quinn (right) shows U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.,
around his Sandy-ruined Toms River home. Quinn still is in a
struggle over the payout for his flood insurance policy.
Flood insurance
nightmares still
haunt families
Official vows to question FEMA
while many look for just payouts
By Russ Zimmer @russzimmer
19 MONTHS LATER
Visit sandy.app.comto read more
Sandy-related stories.
See PAYOUTS, Page A7
Gretchen Rell pleaded guilty to causing the
deaths of multiple birds before state Superior
Court Judge John R. Tassini on Monday.
TOM SPADER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
FREEHOLD Dressed in black from head to toe, a for-
mer volunteer at the Monmouth County Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals pleaded guilty to ani-
mal cruelty charges that stemmed from the death of
hundreds of birds that were under her care.
Gretchen Rell, 56, of Little Silver accepted a plea
bargain deal Monday in the courtroom of state Superior
Court Judge John R. Tassini that will give her probation
instead of jail time. By accepting the plea, she also
agreed to plead guilty to third-degree animal cruelty
charges.
The conditions of the probation are that she must un-
dergo mental health treatment, serve 30 days of com-
munity service, have no contact with the SPCA and
shall not own, reside with or take into care or custody
any pet.
On the last condition, Assistant Prosecutor Melanie
Falco asked that Rells prohibition from animals be a
Probation, not jail, for
Little Silver bird killer
Prosecution requests lifetime
ban on custody of animals
By Dan Radel @DanielRadelAPP
See BIRDS, Page A7
BRINGING THE
TROPHY HOME
Toms River all-stars reign supreme to grab state title
ROBERT WARD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Kayla Roncin of the Toms River Little League all-star team is mobbed by teammates after hitting a home run against
Ocean City/Upper Township during the championship game of the New Jersey State Little League Tournament Monday.
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VOLUME 135
NUMBER 180
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