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I'm posting this in the political forum due to the nature of this charge, and hope this is ok.
I say, "NO", and there are two reasons for my answer.
The young man didn't get into his truck with the intentions of killing his dog.
He did a very dumb thing, and should pay restitution for the search that was ongoing....yes, but to be charged with Animal Cruelty, absolutely not. The young man had to be restrained by his friends, twice, b/c he tried to jump in and save his dog.
And if they charge this young man with Animal Cruelty, then how can they not charge all those cruel and heartless people out there who own puppy mills?
And if you don't know anything about puppy mills, I suggest you do some research and check out the deplorable conditions under which those dogs live....and no one does or says anything about that? And That makes me livid!
The guy is 27 so I wouldn't call him a young man. He is old enough that he should know better than to pull such a stupid move. I also do not believe he should be charged with animal cruelty even though his boxer suffered greatly because of his sheer stupidity. He will have to live with that fact which is punishment enough.
Also, I'm not sure he would ever be able to make full restitution for the cost to the county from this stunt.
shadowne The guy is 27 so I wouldn't call him a young man. He is old enough that he should know better than to pull such a stupid move. I also do not believe he should be charged with animal cruelty even though his boxer suffered greatly because of his sheer stupidity. He will have to live with that fact which is punishment enough.
well, to me he is young but when you get to be my age, anyone is younger, LOL But your absolutely right.
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Also, I'm not sure he would ever be able to make full restitution for the cost to the county from this stunt.
I have to agree with most of you, I think NJ has become the state of new laws...and I'm sorry for the people that live there....and it is becoming evidenced by every new law they try to impose. Eventually they're going to end up pushing people out...and the sad part is, they'll go broke....
but to ignore the puppy mills and then to charge this man with animal cruelty to me is more then hypocritical.
How dare they?
We know there is a chance they could be killed.........we would not be charged.
yeah well, if this kind of thing keeps up, they will stop that as well...I can't believe they want to do this, and yet, they leave those scum bags who run puppy mills do what they do.
I don't believe this country is even aware of what goes on in puppy mills. It is horrible.
At only age 28 he has a long list of driving violations (license was suspended 12 times) so now they are throwing the book at him. His buddy was scared enough he got out the truck when Mayer started his doughnuts on the thin ice.
"Andrew L. Mayer, 28, of Toms River was indicted Tuesday on two counts of third-degree animal cruelty in the death of his dog, Rolo, and third-degree criminal mischief for causing a substantial interruption in public emergency services,
“Mayer’s acts on March 1, 2015, purposely, knowingly or recklessly failed to provide necessary care for and protection of his dog, Rolo, from harm by driving his pickup truck onto the frozen Toms River and as a result the vehicle cracked through the ice and his dog died,”
He has a long list of driving violations (license was suspended 12 times) so now they are throwing the book at him. His buddy was scared enough he got out the truck when Mayer started his doughnuts on the thin ice.
"Andrew L. Mayer, 28, of Toms River was indicted Tuesday on two counts of third-degree animal cruelty in the death of his dog, Rolo, and third-degree criminal mischief for causing a substantial interruption in public emergency services,
“Mayer’s acts on March 1, 2015, purposely, knowingly or recklessly failed to provide necessary care for and protection of his dog, Rolo, from harm by driving his pickup truck onto the frozen Toms River and as a result the vehicle cracked through the ice and his dog died,”
well then, if they can do that do him, without batting an eye at the puppy mills...and how many dogs die long slow deaths there? They are hypocrites....how can you do that to one person and not to another?
NJ laws are incredible? honestly...
and I get what your saying, sure, then throw the book at him, but don't charge him for animal cruelty when people leave their dogs in the car in summer...and they do nothing....or nothing to the puppy mill owners...they ought to start closing them down if they want to do something constructive.
I'm posting this in the political forum due to the nature of this charge, and hope this is ok.
I say, "NO", and there are two reasons for my answer.
The young man didn't get into his truck with the intentions of killing his dog.
He did a very dumb thing, and should pay restitution for the search that was ongoing....yes, but to be charged with Animal Cruelty, absolutely not. The young man had to be restrained by his friends, twice, b/c he tried to jump in and save his dog.
And if they charge this young man with Animal Cruelty, then how can they not charge all those cruel and heartless people out there who own puppy mills?
And if you don't know anything about puppy mills, I suggest you do some research and check out the deplorable conditions under which those dogs live....and no one does or says anything about that? And That makes me livid!
I live in the next town over from where this happened. I think he should be charged, he put the dog's life in danger. If that was another human that died he'd be charged so it applies here as well.
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But your absolutely right.
