At a conference before Superior Court Judge Chad N. Cagan, defense attorney William Wackowski asked for his client, Bani J. Mezquititla, 18, to be evaluated. Wackowski said that considering the ...

Santiago said Monday. A Monmouth County grand jury returned an indictment charging Bani J. Mezquititla, 18, with two different counts of animal cruelty - tormenting, torturing or unnecessarily or ...

Bani J. Mezquititla is charged with two counts of animal cruelty accusing him of sexually abusing the cat and in the cat’s death, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said Monday.

Bani J. Mezquititla appeared before Superior Court Judge Chad N. Cagan and admitted having sex with his pet cat from December 2022 until February 2023 and, sometime between Feb. 21 and Feb. 24 ...

Now that Bani J. Mezquititla has been deemed competent to stand trial in the unusual animal cruelty case, his defense attorney, William Wackowski, said he will speak to his client about his ...

But Superior Court Judge Henry P. Butehorn rejected that argument and ordered Bani J. Mezquititla held without bail, after an assistant Monmouth County prosecutor offered a detailed, shocking account ...

Bani J. Mezquititla, 19, appeared before Superior Court Judge Chad N. Cagan Wednesday to hear the decision on his application to enter the court's pretrial intervention (PTI) program, a diversionary ...

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Bani J. Mezquititla, 19, admitted to two counts of animal cruelty after being accused of sexually abusing, restraining, and torturing the cat, leading to its death, authorities said. Mezquititla ...