DESPITE STATE'S REQUEST TOMS RIVER NEW JERSEY WOMAN SPARED JAIL TERM IN ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES
" Allissa DeStefano Receives A Sentence Of Two Years Of Probation & 60 Hours Of Community Service For The Starvation Death Of Three Dogs."
October 17, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
TOMS RIVER, NJ.- On Friday, October 15, 2021 Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on Friday, Allissa DeStefano, 30, of Toms River, New Jersey was sentenced by The Honorable Rochelle Gizinski, J.S.C., to a Two- Year term of Probation as a result of a previously entered guilty plea to Animal Cruelty.
The Court ordered that Ms. DeStefano perform 60 Days of Community Service, and further imposed a lifetime ban on her owning animals. The State argued for Ms. DeStefano to serve 364 days in the Ocean County Jail as a condition of probation. Ms. DeStefano pled guilty to the charge before Judge Gizinski on July 23, 2021.
During the evening hours of November 11, 2019, Members of The Lacey Township Police Department responded to a residence in Lacey Township for a report that dogs had possibly been abandoned in the residence.
Upon arrival, Police Officers determined that the house was indeed abandoned, and the Remains of Three Dogs were discovered. An investigation by Detectives from The Lacey Township Police Department and The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Animal Cruelty Squad revealed that Ms. DeStefano was responsible for the care of the dogs and had abandoned them in the residence, which resulted in their death.
Ms. DeStefano was Arrested without incident and processed at The Lacey Township Police Department. She was released on a summons pending future court appearances.
FILED UNDER OCTOBER 17, 2021: LAW, OCEAN: