Asbury Park, NJ man brutalized and killed girlfriend’s dogs, charges say

⚖️ Asbury Park man indicted in brutal assault that killed a puppy

⚖️ He had been accused of repeatedly texting his girlfriend he would harm her dogs

⚖️ One puppy who went missing was found, the other died

An Asbury Park man has been indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury on charges that he assaulted his girlfriend's poodle last year.

Nicholas C. Winter, 36, threatened the dogs in texts to his girlfriend.

On June 4, around 4 a.m., she called Asbury Park police to her Locust Drive home where she said her boyfriend had killed her 12-year-old dog Bentley. 

Sophia, a 14-year-old dog was reported missing but was later found a few hours later.

Investigators learned from a necropsy that Bentley had died from a fatal traumatic brain injury from blunt force trauma to the head, neck, and body.

Winter was arrested in June and faces a charge of third-degree animal cruelty resulting indDeath.

If convicted, Winter may face up to five years in prison.

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