BOONTON NEW JERSEY WOMAN SENTENCED ON ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES FOR THE DROWNING OF HER GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPY
" Tonya Fea Of Boonton, New Jersey Was Sentenced On Tuesday To 180 Days In The Passaic County Jail, 5 Years Probation & 100 Hours Of Community Service."
October 6, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
WEST MILFORD, NJ.- On Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes announced that Tonya Fea, 49, of Boonton, New Jersey was Sentenced on Tuesday in Passaic County State Superior Court for committing an act of animal cruelty.
On April 30, 2019, Members of The West Milford Police Department and The Jefferson Township Police Department began an Animal Cruelty investigation. The officers received a call regarding a deceased Golden Retriever puppy in a crate along the bank of Greenwood Pond on Bonter Road in West Milford, New Jersey.
Upon receipt of the information Police Officers responded to the scene where they recovered the remains. Based on the investigation, Ms. Fea was arrested on May 7, 2019.
Ms. Fea pled guilty on August 12, 2021, before The Honorable Marilyn C. Clark, J.S.C. to One Count of Third Degree Animal Cruelty. On Tuesday. October 5, 2021, Judge Clark Sentenced Ms. Fea to 5 Years of probation with a condition that she serve 180 Days in Passaic County Jail. In addition, Ms. Fea will be required to perform 100 Hours of Community Service and refrain from owning dogs in the future.
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