Town Employee Found Guilty of Animal Cruelty
Thomas Alexander, director of human services, to lose job because of verdict; attorney granted one-week stay to prepare argument against that ruling.
For the judge hearing accusations of animal cruelty against one Morristown employee, his verdict came down to the amount of time the defendant said he had his dog before calling animal control, and a man named "Frankie," whom no one else had ever seen. Thomas Alexander, director of human services for Morristown, was found guilty Thursday night of all charges stemming from accusations of animal cruelty by "failing to provide a living creature with proper sustenance,” according to complaints. As a result, besides accumulating several thousand dollars in fines, the guilty verdict carries with it a state statute requirement the 61-year-old lifelong Morristown resident vacate his municipal position immediately (the judge in a later reversal …
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Mark
8:28 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Tom Alexander is now the victim of a broken municipal court system, which he benefited from and abused during his 35 years. The verdict against him is wrong, but so were hundreds of verdicts against innocent defendants he prosecuted in Morristown by lying in court. In the end, municipal courts ALWAYS find defendants guilty, no matter who they are. He should be fired, but for other reasons. more ›