Ex-Zoo Keeper Charged With Cruelty to Animals
United Press International
LIMERICK, Pa. —
A former zoo keeper accused of starving hundreds of pets at his barn in Montgomery County was charged Tuesday with 242 counts of cruelty to animals, police said. Limerick Township Police Chief Barry Lenhart said Joseph Marchese, 45, curator of the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown from 1969 to 1972, could face a maximum 60 years in prison and a $72,600 fine.
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