Michael Ciarla, who has lived in Galloway and Pleasantville, admitted to putting a cocked BB gun to a victim's head in a parking lot in 2021. A month later, he fatally slammed a door on his girlfriend's cat, crushing its limbs.
The first incident was reported August 13 by a homeowner on Upland Avenue who said a drone hovering over their pool dropped a substance which turned the water an "alarming shade of green," according to Absecon police.