Animal Cruelty

It's Now a Federal Crime to Torture or Kill Animals .... It's About Time [OPINION] This article I'm taking the approach of "in my humble opinion" this is my opinion on a subject that we see more and more of in the news. Cruelty to animals is a problem not only here in Ocean …

A Toms River woman has been arrested and charged in the death of three dogs who were abandoned inside of a vacant home in Lacey.

Monmouth County investigators are pulling together their efforts to find the person responsible for shooting a cat in the face with an arrow in Howell Township.

A Tuckerton woman has been sentenced to sixty-days in the Ocean County Jail following her arrest in September and guilty plea in December to Animal Cruelty charges where 16 dogs lived in deplorable conditions.

Two Brick residents are indicted by an Ocean County Grand Jury charging them with one county of animal cruelty for allegedly leaving a thirteen-month old pit-bull outside of their townhouse balcony for hours in 99 degree heat.

The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and the Monmouth County SPCA are seeking the public's help in a potential animal cruelty case.

A Tuckerton woman who allegedly let her dogs live in deplorable conditions has been arrested and charged on eight counts of animal cruelty related offenses, according to the Ocean County Prosecutors Office.

A Brick Township man is facing animal cruelty charges for allegedly leaving his dog out on the second floor fire escape of a Northrup Drive residence for several hours on Sunday when highs reached 99-degrees in parts of Ocean County. The dog later died.

A Manahawkin man prosecutors say beat a dog so bad it later died in May of 2016 is indicted on one count of Animal Cruelty in the 3rd degree.

Finding solutions to end New Jersey's drug epidemic, enforcing stricter penalties on child porn peddlers, protecting pets from animal cruelty and child safety near school buses were among vocal points Shore Senator Jim Holzapfel made on Ask The Senator this week on WOBM.