Comments on: Dog Owner Looks To Verizon To Help With Kidnapped Dog, Company Delays Info http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061 Essential news for cats, dogs and pet owners. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:16:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: sad liz http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-261409 sad liz Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:30:16 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-261409 This happened to my terrier mix. We roamed the neighborhood and was lucky enough to find the bastards. This is NOT the first time Verizon has been uncooperative with police efforts. Verizon is morally corrupt!! This happened to my terrier mix. We roamed the neighborhood and was lucky enough to find the bastards. This is NOT the first time Verizon has been uncooperative with police efforts. Verizon is morally corrupt!!

]]> By: dera shearin http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-232537 dera shearin Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:09:14 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-232537 it happened to me too. my local mail carrier stole my pit/lab mix whom i raised from a baby bottle took her across the statline and sold her into a dog fighting ring. there has got to more that police etc can do to aid the victims of lost or stolen pets. my dutchess was the closet thing to my own child that i had and a cold hearted mail carrier took that from me. if know of any organizations i can contact for help please contact me. i would be glad to help start one if none exist. it happened to me too. my local mail carrier stole my pit/lab mix whom i raised from a baby bottle took her across the statline and sold her into a dog fighting ring. there has got to more that police etc can do to aid the victims of lost or stolen pets. my dutchess was the closet thing to my own child that i had and a cold hearted mail carrier took that from me. if know of any organizations i can contact for help please contact me. i would be glad to help start one if none exist.

]]> By: Wes http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-201867 Wes Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:29:21 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-201867 Hello, I feel terrible about this terrible act by these two boys. They truly need help. I am a dog owner and can not fathom hearing my buddy get hurt on the telephone. Now a little something about Verizon. In the month of June 2007, a young lady by the name of Kelsey Smith was abducted and murdered. Kelsey's mother pleaded with Verizon to give the authorities the triangulation of cell pings to help in locating Kelsey. They refused on the basis that the cell phone was Kelsey's. Although the phone was actually in her mothers name. Verizon's response to Mrs. Smith was that she should have paid an additional ten dollars a month, and only then would Verizon release a location of Kelsey's phone. Upon notification to the police that Verizon would not assist Kelsey's parents, they to were refused. After 3 and a half days missing, Kelsey's body was recovered at a park. An F.B.I. warrant was required for Verizon to give assistance to authorities. Literally hundreds of family and friends searched for Kelsey for days. The national media covered the search as well as local outlets. After Kelsey was laid to rest, Mrs. Smith met with Verizon. She was greeted by several representatives, that were all lawyers. I understand fully about a persons right to privacy. But let's use a little common sense. When authorities contact you after the parents, one would assume that there is an emergency. Sprint, who was not contracted to the Smith family, stepped up to the plate. They gave cell phones and all the air time that was needed to the Smith family and search party...for free. This was not offered by Verizon, who were the Smith family carrier. Hmm. I guess it takes an additional ten dollars a month to get any compassion from Verizon. Well maybe they did not help, because of some law? That's not the case. The law was asking for help. Then I see a commercial on television talking about DEAD ZONES. Now we know what that is. An area that does not get a sufficient signal. You can only imagine the Smith family and friends take on that commercial. Then the other commercials, you have this huge group of people, helicopters.....wow! All of those people supporting Kelsey! I guess as she was getting raped and murdered, these folks stood by and watched? My point is this. The commercials are not representative of the company. They do not care about you. They do not even care about authority. I think it is time for the Smith family to sue this company. This company issued a phone and service to Mrs. Smith and refused to help her in a time of need. Then turn around and make a commercial that tears her heart out. Now, this is not an isolated incident. A lady had crashed her car and was stranded for over a week, Her husband had gone to Verizon for help too. Once again they refused. This woman almost died. Imagine yourself stranded, family searching for you, and the little phone company refuses to help. Oh, I almost forgot. About Sprint, as I mentioned earlier. They did not give the Smith family phones at the beginning. For the first couple of days of the search, the Smith family was using their Verizon phones. As you can imagine, there was a lot of minutes used. Mrs. Smith asked Verizon to please help her with making the payments in increments because the bill was so high. The answer was...... no! Now folks, you may think I have an agenda to just make Verizon look bad. You are welcome to validate what I have said by writing to the Kelsey Smith Foundation or going to kelseysarmy.org and simply asking for yourself. By the way, there is a recording by the police, asking Verizon for help that last about forty minutes. Please share this with everyone you know. Thank you for reading, Weston Whitten westonwhitten@yahoo.com Hello,
I feel terrible about this terrible act by these two boys. They truly need help. I am a dog owner and can not fathom hearing my buddy get hurt on the telephone. Now a little something about Verizon.
In the month of June 2007, a young lady by the name of Kelsey Smith was abducted and murdered. Kelsey’s mother pleaded with Verizon to give the authorities the triangulation of cell pings to help in locating Kelsey. They refused on the basis that the cell phone was Kelsey’s. Although the phone was actually in her mothers name. Verizon’s response to Mrs. Smith was that she should have paid an additional ten dollars a month, and only then would Verizon release a location of Kelsey’s phone. Upon notification to the police that Verizon would not assist Kelsey’s parents, they to were refused. After 3 and a half days missing, Kelsey’s body was recovered at a park. An F.B.I. warrant was required for Verizon to give assistance to authorities. Literally hundreds of family and friends searched for Kelsey for days. The national media covered the search as well as local outlets. After Kelsey was laid to rest, Mrs. Smith met with Verizon. She was greeted by several representatives, that were all lawyers. I understand fully about a persons right to privacy. But let’s use a little common sense. When authorities contact you after the parents, one would assume that there is an emergency. Sprint, who was not contracted to the Smith family, stepped up to the plate. They gave cell phones and all the air time that was needed to the Smith family and search party…for free. This was not offered by Verizon, who were the Smith family carrier. Hmm. I guess it takes an additional ten dollars a month to get any compassion from Verizon. Well maybe they did not help, because of some law? That’s not the case. The law was asking for help. Then I see a commercial on television talking about DEAD ZONES. Now we know what that is. An area that does not get a sufficient signal. You can only imagine the Smith family and friends take on that commercial. Then the other commercials, you have this huge group of people, helicopters…..wow! All of those people supporting Kelsey! I guess as she was getting raped and murdered, these folks stood by and watched? My point is this. The commercials are not representative of the company. They do not care about you. They do not even care about authority. I think it is time for the Smith family to sue this company. This company issued a phone and service to Mrs. Smith and refused to help her in a time of need. Then turn around and make a commercial that tears her heart out. Now, this is not an isolated incident. A lady had crashed her car and was stranded for over a week, Her husband had gone to Verizon for help too. Once again they refused. This woman almost died. Imagine yourself stranded, family searching for you, and the little phone company refuses to help. Oh, I almost forgot. About Sprint, as I mentioned earlier. They did not give the Smith family phones at the beginning. For the first couple of days of the search, the Smith family was using their Verizon phones. As you can imagine, there was a lot of minutes used. Mrs. Smith asked Verizon to please help her with making the payments in increments because the bill was so high. The answer was…… no! Now folks, you may think I have an agenda to just make Verizon look bad. You are welcome to validate what I have said by writing to the Kelsey Smith Foundation or going to kelseysarmy.org and simply asking for yourself. By the way, there is a recording by the police, asking Verizon for help that last about forty minutes. Please share this with everyone you know. Thank you for reading,

Weston Whitten

westonwhitten@yahoo.com

]]> By: Darlene http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-104366 Darlene Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:04:44 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-104366 This is a response to Dee about the issue of not having caller ID or *69 on a land line. I don't have it on my land line and I don't want it my land line. I'm a psychiatrist in private practice in Charleston SC & I use a landline/fax line to make outgoing calls to some of my patients & 9 times out of 10 they try to call me back on that line & then complain that no one answered & it went to a fax line. I am ALWAYS clear that about what my business phone number is (it's a cell phone & I'm HAPPY to say it's not Verizon). Who knows - would another cell phone carrier have acted better than Verizon??? But the fact of the matter is that Verizon sucked in this instance & I also will never use nor will I recommend them to anyone. My last comment is that I am regular supporter to the Animal Legal Defense Fund which works actively to improve laws protecting animals across the country. This is a response to Dee about the issue of not having caller ID or *69 on a land line. I don’t have it on my land line and I don’t want it my land line. I’m a psychiatrist in private practice in Charleston SC & I use a landline/fax line to make outgoing calls to some of my patients & 9 times out of 10 they try to call me back on that line & then complain that no one answered & it went to a fax line. I am ALWAYS clear that about what my business phone number is (it’s a cell phone & I’m HAPPY to say it’s not Verizon). Who knows - would another cell phone carrier have acted better than Verizon??? But the fact of the matter is that Verizon sucked in this instance & I also will never use nor will I recommend them to anyone. My last comment is that I am regular supporter to the Animal Legal Defense Fund which works actively to improve laws protecting animals across the country.

]]> By: Tara http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-104328 Tara Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:54:12 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-104328 Now that an arrest has been made in this case, does anyone know of any animal welfare groups who will become involved from a legal standpoint? Is there a way to lobby for an Edna's Law? There are too many people out there who will say,"She's just a dog." It's time for real legal protection for our companion animals. Now that an arrest has been made in this case, does anyone know of any animal welfare groups who will become involved from a legal standpoint? Is there a way to lobby for an Edna’s Law? There are too many people out there who will say,”She’s just a dog.” It’s time for real legal protection for our companion animals.

]]> By: Jenny Bark http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-91168 Jenny Bark Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:20:26 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-91168 Stephanie, thanks for the link. People please sign, the next time it could be one of us. I just signed & there is only 402 so far. Stephanie, thanks for the link.

People please sign, the next time it could be one of us. I just signed & there is only 402 so far.

]]> By: stephanie http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-91079 stephanie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:17:13 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-91079 Please sign the petition to help Bill and Edna http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-a-kidnapped-dog-in-philadelphia Nearly 400 people have signed since the petition started on Dec 2! Please sign the petition to help Bill and Edna

http://www.thepetitionsite.com.....iladelphia

Nearly 400 people have signed since the petition started on Dec 2!

]]> By: MaryP http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90586 MaryP Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:28:31 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90586 Bill: Don't give up until you are sure that Edna was killed. Don't give up finding these 2 kids either. The police should be interested in continuing to locate them as well. I am so sorry for the agony caused to you and to Edna. Please don't give up until you have Edna back - one way or the other. Just in case she is still with them, or in case they have turned her out on her own in PA. Make sure to involve rescue in PA, just in case she was fortunate enough to have been picked up by one of them. Mary Bill:
Don’t give up until you are sure that Edna was killed. Don’t give up finding these 2 kids either. The police should be interested in continuing to locate them as well. I am so sorry for the agony caused to you and to Edna. Please don’t give up until you have Edna back - one way or the other. Just in case she is still with them, or in case they have turned her out on her own in PA. Make sure to involve rescue in PA, just in case she was fortunate enough to have been picked up by one of them.
Mary

]]> By: Barbara http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90496 Barbara Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:44:54 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90496 Sorry, but I don't buy the story. My dog is the dearest thing to me and I would stop at nothing to get her back. At one time, I was in police work and saw many stories. First, the boys were probably acting in someone's behalf and secondly, why didn't he hire an undercover police or hit man to meet them at midnight. He did not know the boys nor did the boys know him. They could have had hidden undercover all around the meeting place. I'm sorry Verizon responded this way in your behalf but I feel the incident could have been handled so differently and you would probably have your dog back. Sorry, but I don’t buy the story. My dog is the dearest thing to me and I would stop at nothing to get her back. At one time, I was in police work and saw many stories. First, the boys were probably acting in someone’s behalf and secondly, why didn’t he hire an undercover police or hit man to meet them at midnight. He did not know the boys nor did the boys know him. They could have had hidden undercover all around the meeting place. I’m sorry Verizon responded this way in your behalf but I feel the incident could have been handled so differently and you would probably have your dog back.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90478 Jennifer Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:59:46 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90478 I'd love to hear the follow up to this story. Edna the dog mysteriously slipped out when the doorbell rang supposedly from trick or treators. What is the logic there? If thats true - he doesn't really care whether or not his dog is safe when he wasn't home. How does he know that the kids actually harmed HIS dog? How did he 'know' that his dog was now dead? And instead of blaming the kids who did this demonic act, the headline reads that Verizon is to blame for the delay. Incredible. There are so many holes in this story! I'm in forensics.. so this bothers me. But if this story is 100% true, then I feel for the man. This is a horrible way to lose a member of the family. I’d love to hear the follow up to this story. Edna the dog mysteriously slipped out when the doorbell rang supposedly from trick or treators. What is the logic there? If thats true - he doesn’t really care whether or not his dog is safe when he wasn’t home.
How does he know that the kids actually harmed HIS dog? How did he ‘know’ that his dog was now dead?
And instead of blaming the kids who did this demonic act, the headline reads that Verizon is to blame for the delay. Incredible.
There are so many holes in this story!
I’m in forensics.. so this bothers me.

But if this story is 100% true, then I feel for the man. This is a horrible way to lose a member of the family.

]]> By: The Lioness http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90467 The Lioness Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:22:49 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90467 I wish Mr. Whiting peace. I'm so sorry he lost his dear, dear doggie, Edna. She's so cute, too, from that picture! ~The Lioness I wish Mr. Whiting peace. I’m so sorry he lost his dear, dear doggie, Edna. She’s so cute, too, from that picture!

~The Lioness

]]> By: The Lioness http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90466 The Lioness Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:22:03 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90466 Dee, the vitriol is aimed at BIG CORPORATIONS, who have lost sight of PEOPLE and care only about DOLLARS. It is my belief--and probably the belief of many others--that when the police approach an entity, be it an individual person or a company--that one must cooperate immediately. When individuals do what Verizon did, it is called OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. Why should corporations be treated differently from the rest of us. If it wasn't for my boyfriend (we need to have DSL, because of the work he does, and Verizon, unfortunately, was the only service we could get. Hello, monopoly!) I would cancel all Verizon services to my home. I agree these boys need to be caughte an punished AND put under psychiatric care. They are clearly very sick, and I'm guessing they learned it from their parents. *eye roll* ~The Lioness Dee, the vitriol is aimed at BIG CORPORATIONS, who have lost sight of PEOPLE and care only about DOLLARS. It is my belief–and probably the belief of many others–that when the police approach an entity, be it an individual person or a company–that one must cooperate immediately. When individuals do what Verizon did, it is called OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. Why should corporations be treated differently from the rest of us.

If it wasn’t for my boyfriend (we need to have DSL, because of the work he does, and Verizon, unfortunately, was the only service we could get. Hello, monopoly!) I would cancel all Verizon services to my home.

I agree these boys need to be caughte an punished AND put under psychiatric care. They are clearly very sick, and I’m guessing they learned it from their parents. *eye roll*

~The Lioness

]]> By: catmom5 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90451 catmom5 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:50:57 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90451 My biggest concern at this point is that these boys be identified because this likely won't be the end of their violence and brutality. As someone already said, this wasn't just a youthful "prank" ~ it was premeditated murder! I'm sorry that poor Edna and her owner had to suffer so at the hands of these boys. She sounds like a wonderful dogger. My biggest concern at this point is that these boys be identified because this likely won’t be the end of their violence and brutality. As someone already said, this wasn’t just a youthful “prank” ~ it was premeditated murder!

I’m sorry that poor Edna and her owner had to suffer so at the hands of these boys. She sounds like a wonderful dogger.

]]> By: Dee http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90335 Dee Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:37:30 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90335 Kathy, I was not being judgmental. This gentleman could clearly afford caller ID. But even if not, we ALL have access to *69, which gives you a recording of the most recent phone number that dialed into your phone....and it gives it to you right then and there. I wish you blessings for your life. Hope things get easier soon. It's not that horrible a time, and it's not that horrible a world. Look for the good in this crazy mixed up world of ours, and you WILL find it. :-) Aside from cretins like these two boys, it is out there. As to Verizon not reading this, I don't think people *here* are reading the ARTICLE. How exactly is Verizon at fault for what happened to Edna? (Read the source link for the entire article, which gives more detailed information.) Looks like the police dropped the ball on this one, NOT Verizon. Kathy, I was not being judgmental. This gentleman could clearly afford caller ID. But even if not, we ALL have access to *69, which gives you a recording of the most recent phone number that dialed into your phone….and it gives it to you right then and there.

I wish you blessings for your life. Hope things get easier soon. It’s not that horrible a time, and it’s not that horrible a world. Look for the good in this crazy mixed up world of ours, and you WILL find it. :-) Aside from cretins like these two boys, it is out there.

As to Verizon not reading this, I don’t think people *here* are reading the ARTICLE. How exactly is Verizon at fault for what happened to Edna? (Read the source link for the entire article, which gives more detailed information.) Looks like the police dropped the ball on this one, NOT Verizon.

]]> By: nancy http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90329 nancy Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:21:56 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/dog-owner-looks-to-verizon-to-help-with-kidnapped-dog-company-delays-info-4061#comment-90329 I don't think Verizon is reading this, people!! We need to complain directly to them........the creeps! Poor Bill should have done it the way we do things in Chicago........find someone who works for Verizon and get them to pull the records.......going "thru channels" never seems to get things done in a timely manner. These 2 kids need to get caught, get their balls busted and the parents, too! Face it, most people shouldn't be allowed to reproduce! I don’t think Verizon is reading this, people!! We need to complain directly to them……..the creeps! Poor Bill should have done it the way we do things in Chicago……..find someone who works for Verizon and get them to pull the records…….going “thru channels” never seems to get things done in a timely manner.
These 2 kids need to get caught, get their balls busted and the parents, too! Face it, most people shouldn’t be allowed to reproduce!

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