Man who admitted running over 5 geese gets no jail time
Quintin Alec-Manning must be feeling awfully lucky today. He could have been sentenced to 90 days in jail on Wednesday but instead won’t see one second of the inside of a jail cell.
He’s the guy who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty for an incident when he was 20 in which he ran over and killed 5 geese in a Toms River parking lot at Indian Head Plaza. The public was outraged after a picture of the dead geese was shown on Facebook. He was soon identified by police as the culprit.
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No jail time for man who admitted running over 5 geese in shopping center
Updated May 05, 2021;
A man who admitted running over five geese in the parking lot of a Toms River shopping center in 2019 will not see the inside of a jail cell, authorities said.
Quintin Alec-Manning, 22 of Brick Township, who pleaded guilty on March 15 to animal cruelty, was sentenced Wednesday to two years of probation and ten days of community service, despite prosecutors arguing for him to serve 90 days in the Ocean County Jail, according to a statement from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.
Ocean County Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan also barred Alec-Manning from owning or working with animals during the term of his probation, the office said.
In the parking lot of the Home Depot, the five geese were found dead and gruesome images were shared on the Ocean County Scanner News Facebook page.
Canada geese are protected by New Jersey and federal law. They can t be handled, disturbed or moved without a permit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
After speaking with with witnesses, police were able identify Alec-Manning as the person who ran the geese over and charged him with animal cruelty. He was released on a summons at the time.
In addition to the county jail time, prosecutors also are seeking probation and community service for Alec-Manning when his is sentenced on May 5, and the Ocean County Prosecutor s Office is going to ask the judge to prohibit Alec-Manning from ever owning or working with animals in the future.
that is very graphic and not for the faint of heart.
Toms River Police worked with the Ocean County Prosecutors Office and NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife on the case.
His attack came days in 2019 after a report of Canadian Geese
The Lakewood geese case is still under investigation by Lakewood Police and the State DEP/Division of Fish and Wildlife. If you know anything or have information on what happened and who committed that attack, contact Lakewood Police.
The Alec-Manning case was handled by Ocean County Assistant Prosecutor Victoria Veni on behalf of the State.
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