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On Friday, July 15, Gary Moore entered a guilty plea to animal cruelty in the death of a 7-pound Yorkshire Terrier puppy named Mommas.
Authorities with the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office say Moore stuffed the puppy's body between a mattress and box spring.
Moore is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 26.
On January 7, 2020, Atlantic City police responded to a 9-1-1 call from a very emotionally upset woman who came home to find the body of her deceased puppy, authorities said.
Detective Malik Tolbert, one of the officers who responded to the call, entered the victim’s apartment to find her hysterical. She told police she came home from work and could not find her Yorkshire Terrier puppy, Mommas. She continued to look for the dog and eventually found the body of Mommas stuffed between the mattress and box spring of her bed. Mommas was deceased, her body badly beaten. It was determined by forensic experts, that Mommas had suffered fatal blunt force trauma.
Following an investigation conducted by Detective Tolbert, the accused Gary Moore of Atlantic City was charged with animal cruelty by purposely and cruelly causing the death of Mommas.
Anyone with information involving serious crimes is asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7800 or go to the Prosecutor’s Office Web site at https://www.acpo.org/forms/tips-crime-reporting/ and provide information by filling out the form anonymously on the Submit a Tip page.
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