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Animal Cruelty

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Highlands Man Pleads Guilty to Strangling His Dog

The borough man is barred from owning any kind of animal for five years.

A Highlands man who thought he could discipline his growling dog by hanging it from a leash thrown over a closet door had pleaded guilty to animal cruelty in Atlantic Highlands Municipal Court.  Philip N. Hollenbeak, 57, of Sea Drift Avenue in Highlands pleaded guilty to the third degree charge before Municipal Court Judge Peter A. Locascio. His punishment is a $1,000 fine, and he is barred from any kind of animal ownership for five years.  According to Monmouth County SPCA Chief Buddy Amato, Hollenbeak was sleeping with his three-year old 130 lb. Chesapeake Bay Retriever when it started growling in the middle of the night. "He thought cutting off the oxygen supply for a dog was an acceptable way to discipline it, so he took the leash and …

Emily

11:29 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

So WHAT does he do to the women and children in his life?   more ›

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Old Bridge Woman Charged with 38 Counts of Animal Cruelty

She is the owner of Puppies Galore in Brick. Store manager also faces charges

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Daniel Nee
  • Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The owner and the manager of a Brick pet store that was shut down by authorities last month have been charged with a combined total of 42 counts of animal cruelty. Investigators with the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals filed the charges late last week against Maria De Santis, 57, of Old Bridge, and Nathan "Nat" Sladkin, 71, of Farmingdale. De Santis owned Puppies Galore in the Brick Mall shopping plaza on Hooper Avenue, and Sladkin was the store's manager, authorities said. DeSantis was charged with 38 counts of animal cruelty and Sladkin was charged with 4 counts of animal cruelty, according to SPCA Capt. Rick Yocum. The majority of the criminal charges, Yocum said, were filed for failure to provide necessary …

Paul M

2:30 am on Thursday, February 16, 2012

Let's see what unsuspecting town they try to set up in next. Like the store that closed in Marlboro and opened in Middletown (to protests)   more ›

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