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Neptune man pleads guilty in death of pet rat
January 8, 2009
NEPTUNE - A township man pleaded guilty in municipal court to animal cruelty in connection with the death of his girlfriend's pet rat, officials reported.
Todd Smith, 49, entered the guilty plea today before Judge Robin Wernik, said Victor "Buddy" Amato, the police chief of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The judge sentenced Smith to 30 days of community service, fined him $1,000 and ordered that he cannot have any pets for five years.
On Dec. 26, Smith crushed his girlfriend's pet rat during a domestic dispute, authorities said.
SPCA Sgt. Matthew Giuliano handled the case.
-- Michelle Sahn
I think the bastard should have gotten more, but that's cause I was nearly in the same spot of witnessing my own rats being injured or possibly killed back in september. But it's nice to see that if something had happened there would have been some resulting legal action.
Neptune man pleads guilty in death of pet rat
January 8, 2009
NEPTUNE - A township man pleaded guilty in municipal court to animal cruelty in connection with the death of his girlfriend's pet rat, officials reported.
Todd Smith, 49, entered the guilty plea today before Judge Robin Wernik, said Victor "Buddy" Amato, the police chief of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The judge sentenced Smith to 30 days of community service, fined him $1,000 and ordered that he cannot have any pets for five years.
On Dec. 26, Smith crushed his girlfriend's pet rat during a domestic dispute, authorities said.
SPCA Sgt. Matthew Giuliano handled the case.
-- Michelle Sahn
I think the bastard should have gotten more, but that's cause I was nearly in the same spot of witnessing my own rats being injured or possibly killed back in september. But it's nice to see that if something had happened there would have been some resulting legal action.