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MIDDLETOWN — A Belford man, who in an act of spite threw his girlfriend’s puppy off a bridge trestle and into a swamp last year, pleaded guilty to a charge of animal cruelty on Monday and is banned from owning animals for five years, according to the authorities.

William E. Deppisch, of Campbell Avenue in the Belford section, was also sentenced to 90 days in Monmouth County Jail, Freehold Township, and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine for the April, 2011 crime, said Victor “Buddy” … more

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Borough man, convicted of animal cruelty last month, suspected of running breeding puppy mill
EATONTOWN — Animal protection advocates seized three emaciated dogs from a borough man’s backyard that they suspect is running a pit bull breeding puppy mill and who was convicted of animal cruelty in Tinton Falls last month in a case in which another emaciated dog was seized, officials said.

Enforcement officers from the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals seized three American pit bull terriers – an adult … more

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MARLBORO — A Tuckerton man is charged with animal cruelty after he was found driving his dog around on a motorcycle in the rain on Route 18, authorities said.

Gyula Szatmari, 56, of Center Street in Tuckerton, was headed southbound on Tennent Road when he was spotted on a motorcycle with a pug in his lap by Sgt. Anthony Lena, of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, according to Victor “Buddy” Amato, chief law enforcement officer for the … more

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– A Middlesex County woman is charged with two counts of animal cruelty after her dog hanged itself after being left unattended in the car while she ate dinner in a local Chinese food restaurant, authorities said.

Isabella Rojas-Soriano, 30, of Brighton Avenue in Perth Amboy, tied the leash for her male Yorkie dog to the headrest of her 1998 Plymouth minivan before taking her family into the Peking House Chinese food restaurant on Sunset Avenue in the Wanamassa section of the … more

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FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A 49-year-old township woman can never own another pet after pleading guilty to animal cruelty charges.

Stacey Pio, of Kentucky Way, was fined $1,000 and barred from owning another pet after pleading guilty to being cruel to a golden retriever, according to Victor “Buddy” Amato, chief law enforcement officer for the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA). She appeared before Municipal Court Judge Thomas F.X. Foley Tuesday afternoon.

Pio was slapped with the animal cruelty charges … more

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MILLSTONE — Three Stillhouse Road residents are barred for life from owning a pet after pleading guilty to 26 charges of animal cruelty.

The homeowner, John F. Blocker, 57, his girlfriend, Rose J. Islam, 46, and her sister, Donna L. Erving, 37, each pleaded guilty in front of Municipal Court Judge Thomas F.X. Foley on Tuesday.

Sgt. Matthew Guiliano of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had removed eight dogs and five cats from the home in the first block … more