Authorities said brothers Albert and Thomas Ambrosia voluntarily forfeited the dogs hoarded in their Benton home. as par t of the ne ar ly 200 re scu ed Thursd ay night from a Columbi a County house. Stark, manag er of the Society for the Prevent ion of Cruelty to Ani- mals Luzerne County Shelter, wel- comed 35 dogs around 2:15 p.m. “Ijustnamedher, ” saidStar k,nes- tling the dog close to her as others wer e plucke d from crowd ed cages Friday afternoon.
– Without a name and wearing a yellow plastic collar with #18written on it, the shiveri ng Chi huah ua hel d by Cin dy Star k soon answered to Happy. Gashi was receiving a pension of $2,815 per month, $343 more Tr ooperTomKellysaid Gashi’ s payroll scheme inflated Gashi’s monthly pension payments. Gashi is also accused of accepting $14,760 in extra pension payments since he retired. Gashiac- cepted nine extra paychecks to- taling$13,700from October2005 to September 2008. Sipko is credited on the borough’s website with hav- ing “a wealth of experience, ser- vice and a dedicate d commit- men t,” whi le Gas hi is pra ise d with having the “highest stan- dards of police professionalism.” Stat e poli ce alle ge Sipk o ac- cepted 12 extra paychecks from Ma rc h 200 6 to Au gu st 200 9 wortha totalof $1 2,991. Acco rdi ng to the bor ough ’ s webs ite, Sipko joined the W est Wy omingpolice forcein 199 1 and Gashi served 36 years in the de- partment.
He wasappoin tedpo- lice chief in January 2009 after Gashi retired in December 2008. Si pk o w as immediately suspended and relieved of all po- licedutie s. They wer e re- l e a s e d o n $1 0,00 0 uns e- cured bail each. Sta nl ey Sip ko, 42, of Ma in Stree t, Dupont,and DavidGashi, 68, of Ca mp - gro und Ro ad, Hardin g, wer e arr aig ne d by Dis tric t Jud ge Joseph Carmo- dy in West Pitt- sto n on fel ony theft charg es af- tera 2½-y earin- vestig ation by stat e poli ce at Wy oming.
WEST PITTSTON – The cur- rent and former police chiefs in W est Wy oming werecharged Fri- day with receiving duplicate pay- checks for three years that the council chairwoman said added to the financial crisis in the bor- ough.
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