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SPCA:Man took family to water park, dog left in hot van

Shaeif Solimon was accused of animal cruelty after visiting Keansburg water park.











Margaret F. Bonafide, @mfbonafide Published 2:16 p.m. ET June 27, 2014 | Updated 12:09 a.m. ET June 28, 2014 
Authorities found an overheated dog in a van parked at Runaway Rapids water park in Keansburg on Thursday. An Old Bridge man has been charged with animal cruelty, according to the Monmouth County SPCA.(Photo: FILE PHOTO)Buy Photo


KEANSBURG â Shaeif Solimon of Old Bridge and his family tried to bring their dog into a water park here Thursday, but were told no animals were allowed. So Solimon decided to leave the Yorkshire Terrier inside the van while the family cooled off in the water, said Victor "Buddy" Amato, chief of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of the Cruelty to Animals.

Solimon's dog was discovered in the parked van outside Runaway Rapids at Keansburg Amusement Park by Keansburg Police Officer Justin Cocuzzo, who opened the van to give water to the tiny Yorkshire terrier and called calling the SPCA. Amato and SPCA Officer Debora Nagel responded and attempted to take the extremely agitated dog out of the space where the temperature, with the doors open, measured almost 110 degrees, Amato said.

Police were at the van trying to recover the dog when a woman who had parked next to the van came back to her car and was surprised to learn a dog was left inside the van, Amato said. She told police the van arrived at the same time she did four hours earlier and the family was at the water park.

Police used the boardwalk loudspeakers to find the dog owner and paged the owner at the park, Amato said. Police were at the van for an hour when Solimon returned, Amato said. He told Amato he had checked the dog every 30 minutes.

"Impossible," Amato said.

The Yorkie, named Julie, is at the Red Bank Animal Hospital where she is recovering from heat stroke, Amato said. Doctors gave the dog intravenous fluids to lower the dog's temperature, Amato said. Solimon was charged with animal cruelty, he said.

"This is happening a lot," Amato said. In the past few weeks, police have called the SPCA issued 10 complaints for animal cruelty, Amato said.

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