Russ Zimmer

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ABERDEEN – Rosie, the live cat thrown away in a plastic container last week, was the last pet John Cokefair will ever legally own, according to a sentence handed down Wednesday.

Cokefair, 55, of the township, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of animal cruelty in Aberdeen Township Municipal Court, said Chief Victor "Buddy" Amato, the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' chief humane law enforcement officer. Cokefair was fined $2,000 and told he could never own an animal again by Judge Michael Pugliese.

Rosie, 10, is now in the care of the Monmouth County SPCA. She is up for adoption.