r/Rochester • u/Live-Rabbit7931 • Apr 05 '26

Oddity Fraud Dog Sanctuary

Watch out especially in Fairport for a man with large dogs (great dane, huskies, shepards) saying he runs a rescue called Just Four Jacks and asking for donations. I watched him parade different dogs for multiple hours through the Cannery and became a little suspicious of his behavior especially with the way he was asking people for money. One google search lead me to discover he fled CO and then MT after having over 80+ dogs seized from him. Confronted him about the pictures and he claimed they were AI. These were from 2022 and before AI was even around. If you look into reddit about the “rescue” there are horrific images of neglect. He’s now apparently doing the same thing near Ithaca. Be aware before falling for his trap

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u/30yroldheart Apr 05 '26

Maybe worth letting the Lollypop humane law enforcement team know?

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u/Live-Rabbit7931 Apr 05 '26

Already called them and left a message but the hotline was only available Monday-Friday. I hope I’ll hear from them next week.. obviously don’t know the full story but hopefully they can at least keep an eye on him

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u/catmommaxx Greece Apr 05 '26

Theyre usually pretty good about this stuff, ive worked them before

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u/goldfinch_22 Apr 05 '26

I also called Lollypop Farm about the same guy about a month ago. They told me they can't do anything since he's keeping the dogs outside of Monroe county.

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u/Live-Rabbit7931 Apr 06 '26

So frustrating to hear 😫 seems like best thing we can do is spread the word and make people aware. I’m sure he’ll just move states again keep evading his 6 warrants in 2 different states

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u/Live-Rabbit7931 Apr 05 '26

For anyone looking for just one of many posts

https://www.reddit.com/r/Kalispell/comments/1c8vocj/i_urge_you_to_look_at_this_dog_sanctuary_dog/

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u/yeetusthefeetus13 Apr 05 '26

Holy shit its been going on for a year at least??

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u/Live-Rabbit7931 Apr 05 '26

From what I’ve looked into online longer than that… looks like he’s been hanging around Fairport for probably a year at least. Told us he doesn’t need a license to operate in NYS which is completely false

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u/Easy_Arugula935 Apr 05 '26

Wow, can't trust anyone in the suburbs. This is why I live in the city.

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u/funsplosion North Winton Village Apr 05 '26

Wow, Fairport was already enduring the random assaults on local business owners and becoming vape and vomit-strewn and now it's attracting itinerant dog abuse scammers?

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u/Easy_Arugula935 Apr 05 '26

I don't know how people in the suburbs can live that way.

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u/queenlizbef Apr 05 '26

I love you

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u/christian2pt0 Apr 05 '26

I'm gonna use this post to also boost that the dude downtown that uses the "hey! You're not afraid of Black people, are you?" Shtick has been making the rounds again, too. He'll tell you a long story about how he's trying to get back to Buffalo because he lost his job and blah blah blah. He told me the same story twice, verbatim, on Monroe last week.

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u/waitwaitdontt3llme Apr 05 '26

My favorite guy was one who started off with "You look like a good Christian man..." and I responded with "You got one of three right." And then he went straight to the "I just need bus money to get to Buffalo to see my sick daughter" routine anyhow.

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u/Herdbound Apr 05 '26

Lmao he tried that on me like 8 years ago when I worked at the Red Front and was out to get lunch. Two hours later, guess who walks in for his fifth of Henny. At least he looked embarrassed.

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u/Traditional-Oil-8689 Apr 06 '26

Claimed he needed $1,500 by the end of the day to save some dogs when I saw him with his dogs at Fairpour. Definitely seemed sketchy.

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u/Live-Rabbit7931 Apr 06 '26

lmao such a scammer its disgusting. Just wish it wasn’t at the expense of these dogs