An Asbury Park man has pleaded responsible to torturing and killing his pet cat final 12 months, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office stated Wednesday.
Bani J. Mezquititla, 19, admitted to 2 counts of animal cruelty after being accused of sexually abusing, restraining, and torturing the cat, resulting in its demise, authorities stated.
Mezquititla, who appeared earlier than state Superior Court Judge Chad N. Cagan, faces as much as 5 years in jail when he’s sentenced on June 13, authorities stated. He stays within the Monmouth County jail pending sentencing.
On March 2, 2023, a involved citizen introduced the physique of a lifeless cat to the Asbury Park police headquarters, authorities stated.
Police and the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals later decided that Mezquititla was the cat’s proprietor. He was arrested and charged the identical day – earlier than being taken to the the Monmouth County jail.
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