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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, … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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.

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ASBURY PARK — A city man is charged with driving away after hitting and killing a pair of dogs that escaped from a Langford Street yard.

Marshall Randolph Jr., 59, of Second Avenue in the city, was driving a four-door Dodge Intrepid when he struck and killed a pair of Shih Tzu dogs, Prince and Princess, after … more

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Charles Webster | Staff Writer

KEANSBURG — A borough man admitted to killing at least 10 other animals as he pleaded guilty on Tuesday to animal cruelty in the death of two animals and an assault on a kitten he adopted from a pet store where he worked, authorities said.

During his apologies in court, Lizandro Fernandez, 41, of Creek Road, … more

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Michelle Gladden | Staff Writer

KEANSBURG — The man charged in the November shooting and death of his neighbor’s cat has been sentenced to 120 days in the Monmouth County Jail, SPCA police chief Victor “Buddy” Amato said.

“He had no priors,” Amato said. “Usually people with no priors think they will automatically get (pre trial intervention).”

Instead John Melendez, 46, of Carr … more

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HOWELL — A Brick man was fined $1,000 after admitting he spray-painted obscenities and pictures of male genitalia on a horse, barn and other structures at a Maxim Road farm owned by one of his teachers, according to Victor “Buddy” Amato, Chief of Police for the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to … more