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Case ID: 18529
Classification: Neglect / Abandonment
Animal: dog (non pit-bull)
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Improper transportation of an animal
Tuckerton, NJ (US)

Incident Date: Thursday, Sep 1, 2011
County: Monmouth

Disposition: Dismissed (Conditional)

Person of Interest: Gyula Szatmari

Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

A Tuckerton man is charged with animal cruelty after he was found driving his dog around on a motorcycle in the rain on Route 18, authorities said.

Gyula Szatmari, 56, of Center Street in Tuckerton, was headed southbound on Tennent Road when he was spotted on a motorcycle with a pug in his lap by Sgt. Anthony Lena, of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, according to Victor "Buddy" Amato, chief law enforcement officer for the county SPCA.

Township Police Officer Ross R. Yenisey was dispatched to intercept Szatmari and located him on Route 18 where he was subsequently pulled over and issued citations for careless driving and the improper transportation of an animal, Amato added.

Szatmari told police he was headed home to Tuckerton from his job in Roselle Park when he was stopped with the pug on the motorcycle, Amato added.

Szatmari also told police he had been transporting the dog on his motorcycle for the past years, Amato said, before adding the man was warned against transporting the dog on a motorcycle last year.

Szatmari is scheduled to appear in municipal court on Oct. 13.


Case Updates

A Tuckerton man who faced an animal cruelty charge for driving his dog to work on his motorcycle pleaded guilty Tuesday to an unsafe driving charge.

Gyula Szatmari, 56, was charged initially with transporting a dog in a cruel and inhumane manner because he was driving down a road with his dog on his BMW motorcycle, said Victor "Buddy" Amato, chief law enforcement officer for the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

"Because he pleaded guilty to unsafe driving, we dismissed the animal cruelty charge with the stipulation that he would never do it again in Monmouth County," Amato said Tuesday.

Szatmari is known in southern Ocean County for driving with his Boston terrier named Bosco on his motorcycle. Bosco would sit on a special padded platform behind the windshield that Szatmari built for the dog.

But the reception in Monmouth County to Szatmari driving with his dog on his motorcycle was different.

On Aug. 24, Szatmari was on his way to a construction job when he was stopped on Route 18 by Officer Ross R. Yenisey of the Marlboro police.

Szatmari's attorney James M. Curran of Milltown said Szatmari paid a $150 fine for unsafe driving, a $250 surcharge and $49 in court costs for a total of $449.

"I think he's going to get a behind-the-rider dog carrier in recognition of the animal control officer's concerns," Curran said Tuesday.
Source: app.com - Nov 10, 2011
Update posted on Nov 10, 2011 - 7:47PM 

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