SPCA seeks to fine couple who let 64 animals die
Press of Atlantic City, By DONNA WEAVER
TOMS RIVER - Matthew Teymant escaped jail time for leaving 64 animals to die in his foreclosed home, but the state Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has filed 48 civil complaints against Teymant and his wife, Amanda, seeking as much as $48,000.
March 30, 2009: No Jail Time for man who left 68 animals dead in his home
Former police dispatcher sentenced to probation, community service
APP.com By Kathleen Hopkins
Matthew Teymant, 30, will appear before Judge Barbara A. Villano at 9 a.m. for sentencing, one month after pleading guilty to a single charge of third-degree animal cruelty. As part of that plea agreement, prosecutors are seeking a sentence of 364 days in the Ocean County Jail…
Teymant’s wife, Amanda, 23, also is charged in connection with the case. She has applied for admission to the state’s Pre-Trial Intervention program, Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Michael Abatemarco said. The program allows those without a criminal history and who are charged with a nonviolent crime to complete a probation-like program and avoid a permanent record…
Authorities have said more than 60 dead animals, including dogs, cats, turtles and hamsters, were found in Teymant’s Potomac Court home on April 7…Inside, the animal carcasses were found by authorities. Cages were stacked on top of each other and piles of bones and fur lay on the carpet. There were even dead animals in the freezer…
Matthew Teymant, a former captain with the Toms River First Aid squad who resigned as a Toms River police dispatcher following his guilty plea, hardly fits the profile of a middle-aged or elderly single female animal hoarder, according to the New Jersey-based Animal Welfare Federation…
The son of Cpl. Daniel Teymant, a former police K-9 officer who trained dogs for law enforcement agencies across the state, Matthew Teymant was active both locally and nationally in animal-centric organizations…
…at one time owned a hedgehog rescue program called Forever Blue Monday Hedgehogs. He has been a show judge for the International Hedgehog Association… More
SPCA spokesman Matthew Stanton said Teymant, 30, was served Friday night with 24 complaints against himself and 24 against Amanda Teymant that could bring fines ranging from $250 to $1,000.
“We usually file charges both civilly and criminally at once, but we thought the case was so clear to us criminally (that) we stayed away from the civil part and didn’t pile it on,” Stanton said Monday afternoon.
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