El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en mayo 5, 2021, Quintin Alec-Manning, 22, del municipio de ladrillo, fue sentenciado por el Honorable Guy P. ryan, J.S.C., to a two-year term of probation as a result to a previously entered guilty plea to Animal Cruelty in violation of N.J.S.A. 4:22-17C(1). Alec-Manning was also sentenced to perform ten days of community service, and is prohibited from owning or working with animals during the term of his probation. The State argued for Alec-Manning to serve 90 days in the Ocean County Jail as a condition of probation. Alec-Manning pled guilty to the charge before Judge Ryan on March 15, 2021.
En mayo 29, 2019, Officers from the Toms River Township Police Department were notified that a motor vehicle struck five geese in the parking lot of the Indian Head Plaza in Toms River, causing their death. A subsequent investigation by the Toms River Police Department identified Alec-Manning as the individual who purposely hit the geese with his motor vehicle. On May 30, 2019, Alec-Manning was arrested, charged, and released on a summons pending future court appearances.
Prosecutor Billhimer acknowledges the efforts of Assistant Prosecutor Victoria Veni who handled the case on behalf of the State, as well as the Toms River Township Police Department, Unidad de Investigación de la Escena del Crimen de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife, por su asistencia combinada en relación con esta investigación, ultimately resulting in Alec-Manning’s guilty plea and today’s sentence.