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Article Archive > Three plead guilty in Highlands cat-hoarding case Three plead guilty in Highlands cat-hoarding case Three members of a family cited last month for hoarding 40 cats in their Bay Avenue home each pleaded guilty Tuesday in municipal court to animal cruelty charges. Henry Deininger, 59, Joan Deininger, 54, and Jessica Deininger, 30, each must pay $1,000 in fines, said Victor "Buddy" Amato, chief of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. County animal control officials seized the cats in April and charged each family member with animal cruelty after it was discovered the animals were provided neither adequate sustenance or veterinary care. As part of the pleas, the Deiningers agreed not to own any more cats, Amato said.
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