Freehold resident sentenced to state prison for killing four puppies
Freehold resident sentenced to state prison for killing four puppies
A Freehold man has been sentenced to serve five years in a state prison on charges of
animal cruelty after admitting last year that his neglect caused the deaths of four German Shepard puppies in his care, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.
Daniel McDonald, 26, was sentenced on Feb. 12 by state Superior Court Judge
Vincent N. Falcetano Jr.
The five-year concurrent sentences in a New Jersey state prison included four third degree animal cruelty charges and one charge of third degree receiving stolen property for being in possession of a stolen tractor out of Monroe Township, Middlesex County.
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Updated Feb 12, 2021;
A man who stole four German Shepherd puppies from a farm and buried or burned them on a Howell property was sentenced Friday to five years in state prison, authorities said.
Daniel McDonald, 26, of Freehold, pleaded guilty in November to four counts of third degree animal cruelty and also agreed to never to own, reside with, or take into his care or custody any living animal, according to a statement from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.
He was also ordered to perform 30 hours of community service on each of the four animal cruelty counts and to pay $800 in restitution to the owner of the puppies.
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A Freehold man is heading to prison for the next five years after being sentenced Friday for admitting that he caused the deaths of 4 German Shepard puppies in his care in 2020.
Monmouth County Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni announced Friday that Daniel McDonald, 26, who now lives in Freehold but lived in Howell at the time of the deaths, was charged with four counts of animal cruelty.
McDonald stole a tractor from a home on Monroe Township, stole the three week old puppies on May 12, 2020 from a farm in Franklin Township and brought them to his home at the time in Howell where they later died.