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Jennifer Weiffenbach 890 Elm Street New Haven,CT 06511 New Haven

APPLICATION FOR ARREST WARRANT

TO: A Judge of the Superior Court

The undersigned hereby applies for a warrant for the arrest of the above-named accused on the basis of the facts set forth in the ...

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1.) The undersigned, Officer Stephani Johnson, being duly sworn, does depose and state that she is a member of the New Haven Police Department and has been since 11/22/1991. At all times mentioned herein, she was acting as a member of said department. The following facts and circumstances are stated from personal knowledge and observations as well as information received from other police officers acting in their official capacity and from official police reports and statements made by prudent and credible witnesses.

2.) On July 28, 2010 I received information from Laura Brewerton who is a state licensed Wildlife Custodian regarding concerns several instances she witnessed and deemed harmful to a minor child. She stated that she was in training to become a Nuisance Wildlife Control Officer and was interning with Jennifer Weiffenbach, a state licensed NWCO. She stated that she worked with her for three months and witnessed her bring her 2 % year old daughter to eradicate raccoons from attics. She stated that the child would at times be on jobs with them until 1 AM. She stated that Jennifer would leave the child with clients if "she did not feel like being bothered with her". She stated that the child would open the carriers and pick the animals up and hold them, sometimes but her bottle to their mouths to feed them. Laura further complained that Jennifer was bringing animals home and had possessed several animals she was not allowed under her license. She stated that a coyote pup died in her care and that she has had several deer. She stated that Jennifer admitted to euthanizing animals and doing necropsies to find out how they died. She stated that the children in Jennifer's neighborhood would flock around her house when she

arrived home and would tell her what animals had been dropped off at her house. Laura felt that this was dangerous for the kids in the neighborhood to be exposed to the wild animals dropped off in the yard.

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FINDING The foregoing Application for an arrest. warrant, and affidavit(s) attached to said Application, having been submitted to and considered by the undersigned, the undersigned finds from said affidavit(s) that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed and that the acc sed committed it and, therefore, that probable cause exists for the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of e abo e-named accused.

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ARR.EST WARRANT APPLICATION STATE OF CONNECTICUT Ofc. Stephani Johnson

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NAME AND RESIDENCE (Town) OF ACCUSED COURT TO BE HELD AT (Town)

Jennifer Weiffenbach 890 Elm Street New Haven,CT 06511 New Haven

APPLICATION FOR ARREST WARRANT

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3.) This officer used this information as well as information from a similar documented incident that occurred on January 15, 2010 to secure a search and seizure warrant for Jennifer's home. On July 30, 2010 this officer along with Sgt's Rose Turney and Pete Moller, Officers John Gaspar and Carmelo Rivera, MCO's Jerome Davis and Tammy Hewston, Barbara Uscilla and DEP officer John Hey executed the warrant at Jennifer's home,

4.) We did find two live animals, an adult fox and adult raccoon located in the basement of the home. Both animals suffered from broken limbs. Jennifer stated that she did not retrieve the animals as part of her duties but they were dropped off the day before by people she could not identify or produce a phone number for contact even though she stated they called her before bringing the animals to her home. She stated that both animals were hit by cars in Branford. Jennifer kept telling other officers that she has 24 hours to find a place (rehabber) to take the animals. Both animals should have received immediate attention and a full work day that passed since she received them and had now suffered from their injuries for nearly 24 hrs and more. Jennifer stated that she stabilized the fox. The fox had a splint on its leg. State law reads that no adult raccoon shall be rehabilitated and should have been euthanized and never brought into her home. These animals were seized and transported to the veterinarian under city contract, Dr. Gerald Fischbach. Dr. Fischbach reported that the raccoon suffered from compound fracture (the bone protruding from the skin). He euthanized the raccoon. He reported that the fox had an elbow fracture and dislocation that was beyond repair. He stated that the fox was already sedated when it arrived in his office at 1045 PM. We also found several dead animals and parts in the refrigerator also located in the basement. There were two intact baby raccoons and baby skunk in the freezer along with several bats. Three squirrel tails and a fox tail were also

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FINDING The foregoing Application for an arrest warrant, and affidavit(s) attached to said Application, having been submitted to and considered by the undersigned, the undersigned finds from said affidavit(s) that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed and that the accused committed it and, therefore, that probable cause exists for the issuance of a warrant for the arrest 0 he a 0 e-named accused.

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A~lREST WARRANT APPLICATION STATE OF CONNECTICUT Ofc. Stephani Johnson

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NAME AND RESIDENCE (Town) OF ACCUSED COURT TO BE HELD AT (Town)

Jennifer Weiffenbach 890 Elm Street New Haven,CT 06511 New Haven

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. found in the freezer. In the refrigerated section found were several vials, bottles and zip lock bags that contained internal organs, blood samples and other swabbed samples of unknown nature. The small clear bottles that contained internal organs were marked coon and dated 6/20/2010. Several tubular vials also contained some biological mass and fluid samples, several marked Coyote 6/712010. There were clear tubular vials that dated back to 8/31/08. Most were marked and dated. One read, Hasbro died RIP, Duck Brain, Pneumia coon, staph brain, cardinal brain, raccoon foot, Nervous Symp. There were no identifying marks on the zip lock bags that contained the internal organs. There was a turtle shell seen in a basin filled with liquid located in the laundry room. It smelled horrendous and appeared that the body had either decomposed in the liquid or had been cut away from the shell. A dry and decomposed animal was found on a work bench. The animal possibly an opossum lay next to another dry and decomposed small birdlike animal that broke apart when it was lifted off the table. Jennifer stated that she had left a message for a woman named, Liz Gode to claim the fox. I later found that she did not try to contact anyone for the Fox and did not believe she had any intention to contact anyone to claim it,

since its injuries would require it to be euthanized.

Dr. Fischbach reported that the fox was already sedated when it arrived in his office; Jennifer stated that she"stabilized" the fox. There was a stainless steel exam table in the

basement near the animals. There was an IV bag (lactated ringer) and drip attachment hanging over the table from the ceiling with a needle attached. Next to the table was a medium sized metal rack with several drawers that contained several surgical instruments in it. Next to that was a garbage can with several used syringes, suture kit and latex gloves. There was a wood table abutting the stainless steel table that had several vials of medications and syringes set up in an orderly fashion. On a bookcase other vials of

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AffREST WARRANT APPLICATION STATE OF CONNECTICUT Ofc. Stephani Johnson

.. JD-CR-64 Rev. 5-89 SUPERIOR COURT 10-46677 PR. BK.593, 593a, 594

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NAME AND RESIDENCE (Town) OF ACCUSED COURT TO BE HELD AT (Town)

Jennifer Weiffenbach 890 Elm Street New Haven,CT 06511 New Haven

APPLICATION FOR ARREST WARRANT

TO: A Judge of the Superior Court

The undersigned hereby applies for a warrant for the arrest of the above-named accused on the basis of the facts set forth in the ...

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medications were found. A bottle of Euthasol (euthanasia solution) which is illegal for her to possess, was on the shelf. Further search revealed other Rx drugs that were illegal for her to possess namely Propofol (notable drug that killed Michael Jackson), Ketofen, Atropine SA, Lidocaine, Diphenhydramine, Dopamine Hel, Dexamethasone all in injectable form and without a doctor's label. She had quantities of stock versus single bottles. It is unknown what she may have used to sedate the fox. This officer seized in total over 4600 Rx, OTC and drugs prescribed to others from her basement. She had medical manuals detailing the euthanasia of small animals, wound care, pharmacology and laboratory procedural book. Jennifer possessed multiple quantities of bandages, gauze, syringes, Petri dishes, glass tubes for blood collection, stethoscopes, surgical staple gun, blood pressure cuff, latex gloves, miscroscopes and slides. Her basement content could fill a veterinary hospital and biological testing lab.

6.) Jennifer knowingly let the public handle these disease carriers by telling them to drop them off to her home, she has exposed the neighborhood children and her own 2 ~ year old daughter to these animals that they have no fear to take a look and see what is in a box causing for an extreme risk of harm or fatal disease. She has procured medical equipment, prescription drugs that she used to illegally euthanize animals then mutilate them by removing their body parts in her interest of finding new diseases. She has improperly stored these bio hazards in her home. She failed to seek medical attention for the two live animals that are illegal for her to keep in her home and this officer believes there was no intention to seek care or placement because neither was feasible under the law. Jennifer is not a licensed vet, tech, nurse or any other similar in the medical field.

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FINDING The foregoing Application for an arrest warrant, and affidavit(s) attached to said Application, having been submitted to and considered by the underSigned, the undersigned finds from said affidavit(s) that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed and that the accused committed it and, therefore, that probable cause exists for the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of th abov -named accused.

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Af'tREST WARRANT APPLICATION

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Ofc. Stephani Johnson 10-46677

NAME AND RESIDENCE (Town) OF ACCUSED COURT TO BE HELD AT (Town)

Jennifer Weiffenbach 890 Elm Street New Haven,CT 06511 New Haven

APPLICATION FOR ARREST WARRANT

TO: A Judge of the Superior Court

The undersigned hereby applies for a warrant for the arrest of the above-named accused on the basis of the facts set forth in the ...

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AFFIDAVIT The undersigned, being duly sworn, deposes and says:

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Wherefore, the undersigned does believe that probable cause does exist that Jennifer Weiffenbach did commit the crimes of Cruelty to Animals, 53-247, Risk of Injury to a Minor, 53-21 and Reckless Endangerment 2nd, 53a-64,Possession of a Controlled Substance,

21 a-279(b), and License Required ,Veterinary Medicine, 20-197 in violation of the Connecticut General Statutes.

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FINDING The foregoing Application for an arrest warrant, and affidavit(s) attached to said Application, having been submitted to and considered by the undersigned, the undersigned finds from said affidavit(s) that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed and that the accu d committed it and, therefore, that probable cause exists for the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of t abov -named accused.

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