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Authorities on Jan. 17 investigated reports of animal abuse at the Fairview Avenue farm when they found 19 live pigs and carcasses of nine dead ones, Township Police Chief Jeffrey Almer said in a statement.
Joseph Lentine of Monroe was arrested on charges of animal cruelty and abandoning a domesticated animal. He was issued a summons ahead of a Feb. 6 court date.
The township's public works department, community members and police brought food and water for the surviving animals and created shelters, the chief said.
The pigs were apparently raised on the more than 50-acre property to be slaughtered and sold to high-end restaurants, according to the Daily Record.
The 19 animals were being relocated to another property, the article says.
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