PERTH AMBOY - A 34-year-old woman, who dodged authorities for nearly a year over animals abuse charges, was sentenced to 60 days in jail for killing two pit bulls, one of which was found stuffed in a cardboard box, according to state officials.

Shannie L. Munoz, of Perth Amboy, appeared in municipal court last week, 13 months after police found two dead pit bulls in her apartment, the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said in a release.

NJ SPCA humane police found the dead dogs in June of 2015, but when officers arrived, Munoz had already abandoned the apartment, according to officials. One of the dogs was found dead in a bathtub and another in a box under a set of stairs.

Over the next year, Munoz missed multiple court dates while continuing to collect mail from her Perth Amboy apartment, according to the release. She was eventually arrested on a $5,000 warrant last month.

Munoz pleaded guilty in in Perth Amboy Municipal Court on July 21 to two civil animal abuse violations and a criminal charge of needlessly killing a living animal, the release said.

Munoz was sentenced to 60 days in Middlesex County Corrections Center and fined $3,000. She was also banned from owning any animals for 10 years.

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