A felony sentence is needed for an animal torturer!

Please help us get a felony sentence for Anthony Appolonia.

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He was arrested for torturing and murderering 14 cats.

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ALERT! "Free to good home" animals tortured & killed!
Body: Aberdeen - "Free to good home" cats and kittens, tortured and killed.
December 29, 2007 : 9:49 PM

The horrifying animal abuse case in Aberdeen in which a man admitted killing at least 14 cats and kittens should make pet owners properly skittish about giving their pets up for adoption to strangers.

Mr. Anthony Appolonia, 48, has been charged with Animal Cruelty. The investigation found that he was able to convince at least 22 cat owners that he would be able to provide a safe environment for their cats after he answered their %u201DFree to a good home%u201D ads. Further investigation showed that once he was in possession of the adopted cats and kittens he then tortured these defenseless creatures.

He would torture these cats by beating them, breaking their bones and then leaving them to suffer for up to a day before he ended their lives by drowning them. Mr. Appolonia told investigators that eight other cats that have been traced to him actually ran away. Investigators are not as sure about his statement about the eight. They believe that he may have killed them and many more cats as well.

Monmouth County SPCA Police Chief Victor Amato says that this is not something he just woke up and started doing the other day. One Lakewood, NJ women who was interviewed said that she had spent 2 hours with Mr. Appolonia earlier in December prior to turning her kitten over to him. She had spent over $400.00 in Vet care prior to turning the kitten over to him. This kitten is one of the eight he claims to have run away.

Many people turn over cats, dogs, ferrets, rabbits, birds and many other animals to another person free of charge and may never know what happens to this animal afterwards. A lot of times, these people who take a %u201Cfree%u201D animal, will turn around and sell the animal off to testing labs for a profit as they didn%u2019t pay a fee for the animal. Many companies have testing labs that will do heinous tests to see how cosmetics, auto fluids, drugs, etc. will affect an animal. This helps these companies see what so called affects it will have on humans or so these companies say.

If you don't have the time or inclination to fully investigate the background of the person or persons seeking to adopt, turn the pet over to a local animal shelter. Animal shelters and rescue groups have the means to do the proper background checks, home checks and have an adoption fee. This covers the cost of the adoption but is also a great deterrent to keep people like Mr. Appolonia away from kittens, cats, dogs, etc.

The story can be found here:
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071228/OPINI

ON01/712280338/1029/OPINION

How you can help:

PLEASE CONTACT (POLITELY) THE PROSECUTOR. Urge that they charge Anthony Appolonia with every applicable felony charge, and that they seek maximum jail time and fines. Under NO circumstances should Appolonia be offered Pre-Trial Intervention. This was a heinous, violent crime. In addition to the danger he poses to animals, he clearly also poses a danger to the community.

CONTACT:
Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office
Luis A. Valentin, Esq., Prosecutor
71 Monument Park
Freehold, NJ 07728-1789
Fax: 732-409-3673
prosecutor@prosecutor.co.monmouth.nj.us

The target here is the Monmouth County Prosecutors office.

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We signed the "Please help us get a felony sentence for Anthony Appolonia." petition!

# 2,572:

9:51 pm PDT, Jul 11, Steven Senff, New Jersey
Being such a cat lover myself, I must say this is one of the most dispictable acts I've heard heard of. Evil at it's most primal form.Please convict this man !!

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9:00 pm PDT, Jul 11, KarriAnn Monroe, New York
Thank you for taking time to read this message. I believe that it is only right to charge Anthony Appolonia with a felony Charge. This would be the least we could do for the poor animals lives that were taken by this mans insanity. Lives are irreplaceable and their is nothing that can ever undo the damage Anthony Appolonia has caused.

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7:45 pm PDT, Jul 11, Jenny Cassidy, Pennsylvania

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11:02 am PDT, Jul 11, Marc Piegaro, New Jersey

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8:25 am PDT, Jul 11, Joyce McBride, New Jersey
COnvict him to the fullest extent !!

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6:26 am PDT, Jul 11, Amber Hurley, New Jersey

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9:40 pm PDT, Jul 10, Rocco DiNardo, New Jersey

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8:53 am PDT, Jul 10, Lorriane Hill, New Jersey
These poor cats !! Lock him up and show away the key.This is dispictable !

# 2,564:

8:28 am PDT, Jul 10, Barbara Krawchuk, New Jersey

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8:14 am PDT, Jul 10, Lisa Marcou, Connecticut

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7:21 am PDT, Jul 10, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
GIVE HIM THE MAXIMUM PLUS 10!

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7:50 pm PDT, Jul 9, Name not displayed, California

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8:38 am PDT, Jul 9, Ray Tartell, Pennsylvania

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4:10 pm PDT, Jul 8, Lilian Blumenthal, Brazil

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12:52 pm PDT, Jul 7, Bridget Hopper, Kentucky

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7:34 am PDT, Jul 5, Frederick Hueston, Florida

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7:00 pm PDT, Jul 4, Jennifer Black, California

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12:48 am PDT, Jul 4, Marion Gondr�, France

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10:42 am PDT, Jul 3, Sarah Erbe, South Dakota
This man is pathetic. What would keep him from torturing people or children if he already does it to animals? He needs to be charged and locked up.

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9:37 am PDT, Jul 1, Eileen Mckenna, New Jersey
Thank you for taking the time to look at this pettion. Im sure you will all agree this man needs to be charged with a felony. THANK YOU for your signa

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5:05 pm PDT, Jun 30, Linda O'Keefe, California

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3:54 pm PDT, Jun 30, Maggie Trengrove, New Jersey

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10:09 am PDT, Jun 30, Bessat Martine, France

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8:56 am PDT, Jun 30, Name not displayed, France

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7:26 am PDT, Jun 30, Name not displayed, New Jersey
thank you for this forum to voice my opinion about such a despicable individual. it will be most interesting to see how this guy is tried in a court of law. i pray fervently that he will be unable to slip through the cracks of the system. it wouild be a kick in the teeth of all animal lovers everywhere.i will pray to god that mr. valentin and his fine team of prosecutors will put this man where he belongs....behind solid, cold steel bars for a long, long time. anything less would be a an abuse of all of us good folk who love and care for our pets. he tooks cats labelled free to a good home and provided a torture chamber in the same neighborhood he called home. let's make sure he is available to a less than good home...the state prison system. ask any inmate in trenton, newark, rahway prisons. they'll tell you in a heartbeat where this individual belongs.let's give him what he deserves- swiftly, uncaringly, without empathy ofr care. then we've given him the same treatment as he gave the owners of the cats, the cats themselves. god bless mr. valentin, mr. warshaw, the police officers who broke this case in monmouth county...l.m.johnston.

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6:27 pm PDT, Jun 28, William Sindlinger, New Jersey

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6:19 pm PDT, Jun 28, Debra Shain, New Jersey

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4:57 pm PDT, Jun 28, Donna Wilson, New Jersey

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4:02 am PDT, Jun 28, Jerome Lerognon, France

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4:00 am PDT, Jun 28, Josephine Schrobiltgen, France

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6:32 pm PDT, Jun 27, Ruth Eichorn, New Jersey

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6:26 pm PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, New Jersey

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8:35 am PDT, Jun 27, Actors and Others For Animals, California
On behalf of our entire membership, we urge you to give Mr. Appolonia the strongest punishment available.

# 2,538:

2:00 pm PDT, Jun 26, JoAnne Perdue, Florida

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1:11 pm PDT, Jun 26, Barb Erbe, South Dakota

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4:26 am PDT, Jun 26, Sheri Gaylord, New Jersey

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5:17 pm PDT, Jun 25, Danielle Morris, New Jersey

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6:48 pm PDT, Jun 24, Doris Theisen, New Jersey

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5:53 pm PDT, Jun 24, Sharon Senff, New Jersey

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9:28 am PDT, Jun 24, Laura Patterson, New Jersey

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4:53 pm PDT, Jun 23, Name not displayed, New York

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2:52 pm PDT, Jun 23, Barbara Walker, New Jersey

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2:06 pm PDT, Jun 23, Jill Iorio, North Carolina

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11:50 am PDT, Jun 23, Nancy Senff, New Jersey

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10:56 am PDT, Jun 23, Beth Schonfeld, New Jersey

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8:20 am PDT, Jun 23, Caleope Bernhardt, New Jersey
This horrible person needs to be given the full extent of the law. To torture helpless little creatures shows an unbalanced individual. Throw the book at him!!!!

# 2,524:

8:19 am PDT, Jun 23, Joseph Harrington, Texas

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7:41 am PDT, Jun 23, Maryanne Hayes, New Jersey

# 2,522:

8:47 am PDT, Jun 22, Judy Smestad-Nunn, New Jersey
Those who torture and kill animals are known to have psychopathic tendencies that carry over to humans. Please lock this menace to society up for as long as possible.

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8:25 pm PDT, Jun 21, Ann Scafidi, New Jersey

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7:41 am PDT, Jun 21, Name not displayed, Florida
i think that this man needs to be put away until the day he dies. these poor animals cant defend them selves. i can never see myself being so cruel to an anmial, i dont know what joy or entertainment people get by torchering and killing animals and baby kittens who didnt even get a chnace to have a loving family or person to take care of them and love them. this man is sick and somthing needs to be done. if it was up to me i would put this guy away until the day he dies. because how do you know that when he gets out that he wont do it again or that hes not going to start hurting children or elderly people?

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10:40 am PDT, Jun 19, Name not displayed, New Jersey

# 2,518:

7:28 pm PDT, Jun 18, Deborah Fobes, Maine
This subhuman must be charged with felony cruelty and punished to the maximum extent for each count. Jeffrey Dahmer and other serial killers started their careers by torturing and killing animals as practice. This individual is dangerous and should be removed from society for a good long time.

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6:27 pm PDT, Jun 18, Lemoine Sonia, France

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9:44 pm PDT, Jun 17, Cecile Bourles, France

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2:55 pm PDT, Jun 17, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

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1:57 pm PDT, Jun 17, H Kathenes, New Jersey
This man is not only a sadist but is not fit to live free amongst the rest of normal society. Please prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. Thank You.

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12:13 pm PDT, Jun 17, Name not displayed, New Jersey

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11:03 am PDT, Jun 17, Garcin Ghislaine, France

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8:03 pm PDT, Jun 16, ROBERT JOHNSTON, New Jersey
IVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A LOSER IN MY LIFE. THIS GUY IS 48 YRS.OLD?. ARE YOU KIDDING?. HES GOT THE BRAINS OF A 1 YR. OLD. WHAT A LOSER OF THE WHOLE WORLD. IF HE HAD A BRAIN HE'D BE DANGEROUS. DON'T WAIST MONEY ON A COURT HEARING...LOCK HIS ASS UP... FOREVER. HE'S A WASTE..HA HA HA HA HA HA HA LOSER.

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12:48 am PDT, Jun 16, DELAFOSSE Nancy, France

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10:00 pm PDT, Jun 14, Adriana Faria, Washington

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9:17 pm PDT, Jun 14, Warren Higgins, California
This is truly is a matter of respecting and honoring other living systems, which are not "other", at all in actuality, as what effects one, affects each other. This action will spread such a message, much needed to be heard.

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11:42 am PDT, Jun 14, Moor Nadine, Belgium
Quelle honte j'esp�re qu'il sera sev�rement puni.On devrait le torturer comme il a fait avec tous ces animaux

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4:58 am PDT, Jun 14, Christine Hueston, Florida

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6:15 am PDT, Jun 13, Audrey Bower, Pennsylvania

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2:22 am PDT, Jun 13, C. Richard Dodd, New Jersey

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4:23 pm PDT, Jun 12, Name not displayed, New Jersey

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1:26 pm PDT, Jun 12, Mindy Piccirillo, New Jersey

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12:57 pm PDT, Jun 12, NICK DAVIS, Canada

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