New York City Police Officers Shaun Grossweiler And Richard DeMartino Brutally Beat Housewife Over Dog Poop

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Ann Stanczyk had a Black Friday she’ll never forget – the 49-year-old Queens woman says she was humiliated and beaten by two NYPD cops in a dispute over dog droppings.

Pictures taken by her son a day after the Nov. 26 incident show Stanczyk with a welt under one eye and a garish purple bruise on her breast, plus injuries to her hands and knee.

Yesterday, the Polish immigrant filed a complaint with the Civilian Complaint Review Board and plans to sue.

“I just doing it to protect other people from police brutality,” Stanczyk told the Daily News. “I don’t want what happened to me happen to anyone else. I want to protect the others. If it can happen to me it can happen to other people.”

Stanczyk, a married housewife from Rockaway Beach, was walking her terrier, Psotka – Polish for “prankster” – when she wound up in a confrontation with two uniformed officers from the 100th Precinct, Shaun Grossweiler and Richard DeMartino.

“They saw my dog and they said I didn’t clean up,” said Stanczyk, fighting back tears as she spoke in halting English. “I said, ‘No, she only pee.’ They, of course, not agree with me and I say, ‘Show me. Where is it?’”

The officers found dog feces nearby, she said.

“Pick it up,” she said one cop ordered her. “I got scared. I pick up. I said, ‘It’s cold, not belong to my dog.’ When I smiled and said I didn’t do anything, that made them very upset.”

At that point, Stanczyk was handcuffed and arrested. When she used her feet to try to prevent them from closing the patrol car door to secure her, she says, the beating began.

“I get scared to death,” she said. “I started to scream, ‘My dog! My dog!’ They punch me in my face. They punch me in my breast. They punch me in my stomach.”

A neighbor ran over to take Psotka and cops took Stanczyk to the precinct. She was treated for her injuries – her knee still requires physical therapy – and charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

Court papers indicate police accused Stanczyk of causing a ruckus by yelling at the officers to leave her alone. They also said she locked her hands in front of her to avoid arrest.

The case was adjourned until May, when it will be dismissed as long as she stays out of trouble.

Stanczyk had never been arrested before. She lost her job as a nurse in 2008 when she failed to attend a training program after an argument with a coworker. Her lawyer, Jon Norinsberg, said the workplace disagreement is “something that uneqivocally had nothing to do with what happened with police beating her the way they beat her.”

Stanczyk said nothing she did warranted her injuries. She can’t get past what happened.

“I am afraid to leave the apartment,” she said. “I call my friends and beg them to go out with me. I feel better to stay home all the time.”

Grossweiler, a four-year veteran, and DeMartino, a 10-year veteran, did not respond to a request for comment.

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Edmonton Canada Authorities Launch $1 Million Program To Check Dog Poop DNA

EDMONTON, CANADA – DNA testing will be the latest tool in the city’s arsenal to nab deadbeats who don’t pick-up their doggie’s doo, the Sun has learned.

Bylaw officials will begin using a new $1-million DNA analyzer to track down pet owners who fail to scoop their dog’s poop.

Owners will be required to provide a sample of their furry friend’s stool when applying for an annual licence this year to create a doggie doo-doo DNA database, which will be used to match feces left in parks and playgrounds back to individual dogs.

Bins will be set up at parks around the city where people can put scat they find left behind by thoughtless owners.

Simply toss the sample into a plastic bag, mark the date and time and place it in a bin, then city officials will collect and test them once a week.

Fines will be sent to offending owners by mail, with a first offence costing $500.

It’s hoped the $1-million cost of the machine will be paid off in less than a year.

If the dog program is successful, the city will look at expanding it to cats.

Veterinarian Dr. Hans Schulz, an expert in animal genetics, predicted the program will result in a “significant” drop in the amount of abandoned poop in the city.

“It’s a very simple process that has been used for many years in forensic criminology and it’s very similar to a fingerprint databank,” he said.

“I’d say it’s bang-on accurate.

“In a laboratory, you use computers, and the computers generate a DNA chart, which very clearly shows which dog left the poop on the pavement.”

But another genetics expert, Dr. Jack Russell, questioned how successful the program will be.

“Quite frankly, this whole scheme stinks to high heaven,” he said.

“The DNA-to-fecal matter ratio can be off the charts depending on what the animal is fed.

“The wrong dog could easily be collared by a science still in its infancy.”

After years of cleaning up behind his dog Snoopy while out on walks, David Stockdale said he’s glad the city is taking steps to punish those who don’t.

“It’s a great idea because who hasn’t stepped in some doggie doo-doo and dragged it into the house and the car and spent the whole afternoon cleaning it all up,” he said. “It’s not pleasant.”

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Edmonton Canada Authorities Launch $1 Million Program To Check Dog Poop DNA

EDMONTON, CANADA – DNA testing will be the latest tool in the city’s arsenal to nab deadbeats who don’t pick-up their doggie’s doo, the Sun has learned.

Bylaw officials will begin using a new $1-million DNA analyzer to track down pet owners who fail to scoop their dog’s poop.

Owners will be required to provide a sample of their furry friend’s stool when applying for an annual licence this year to create a doggie doo-doo DNA database, which will be used to match feces left in parks and playgrounds back to individual dogs.

Bins will be set up at parks around the city where people can put scat they find left behind by thoughtless owners.

Simply toss the sample into a plastic bag, mark the date and time and place it in a bin, then city officials will collect and test them once a week.

Fines will be sent to offending owners by mail, with a first offence costing $500.

It’s hoped the $1-million cost of the machine will be paid off in less than a year.

If the dog program is successful, the city will look at expanding it to cats.

Veterinarian Dr. Hans Schulz, an expert in animal genetics, predicted the program will result in a “significant” drop in the amount of abandoned poop in the city.

“It’s a very simple process that has been used for many years in forensic criminology and it’s very similar to a fingerprint databank,” he said.

“I’d say it’s bang-on accurate.

“In a laboratory, you use computers, and the computers generate a DNA chart, which very clearly shows which dog left the poop on the pavement.”

But another genetics expert, Dr. Jack Russell, questioned how successful the program will be.

“Quite frankly, this whole scheme stinks to high heaven,” he said.

“The DNA-to-fecal matter ratio can be off the charts depending on what the animal is fed.

“The wrong dog could easily be collared by a science still in its infancy.”

After years of cleaning up behind his dog Snoopy while out on walks, David Stockdale said he’s glad the city is taking steps to punish those who don’t.

“It’s a great idea because who hasn’t stepped in some doggie doo-doo and dragged it into the house and the car and spent the whole afternoon cleaning it all up,” he said. “It’s not pleasant.”

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