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Monmouth
Police & Fire
Howell Man Who Recorded Himself Killing Cat Sentenced
A Monmouth County man will spend several years in prison after intentionally killing his cat and assaulting his roommate, authorities said. Christopher Sanchez, 29, of Howell Township, was sentenced on Thursday, Feb. 1 to four-and-a-half years in state prison, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced. Sanchez pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and simple assault charges on Monday, Dec. 4. Howell Township police were called to Sanchez's home for an "unrelated matter" on Friday, Mar. 31. Officers found the cat's body outside of the home and began an investigation. Investigators fr…
Putnam
News
New Update: Extremely Matted Mini-Poodle From Patterson Finds New, Loving Home
A poodle that was rescued from a Hudson Valley home after being found severely matted and in poor health has found a new loving home in Connecticut. Pierre the mini-poodle was discovered in Putnam County on Saturday, Aug. 5 after detectives from the county's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals responded to a residence in the town of Patterson on Lake Shore Drive. Earlier Report - Extremely Matted Mini-Poodle Found At Patterson Residence: Owner Charged, Police Say According to the SPCA, the detectives found the 9-year-old Pierre inside the home suffering from ex…
Lancaster
News
Manheim Family Caught Dealing Thousands Of Grams Of THC, Abusing 18 Animals, Authorities Say
A Manheim family of four was caught "dealing marijuana and neglecting several animals" at their home, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office says. Jordan, 24; Austin, 21; Scott, 49; and Heide Breland, 46, all of the 100 block of West Colebrook Street, were arrested following a search warrant executed Jan. 13 at approximately 10:50 a.m. by Members of the Drug Task Force, with the assistance of Manheim Borough Police. The authorities found "3,284 grams of marijuana, two digital gram scales, two boxes of sandwich bags, and used vacuum-sealed bags with marijuana residue. Additionally, …
Capital District
Police & Fire
Duo From NY Accused Of Animal Cruelty After Dogs Found Covered In Porcupine Quills
Two New York residents are facing animal cruelty charges after dogs were found at their home suffering from chronic injuries caused by porcupine quills. New York State Police said 41-year-old Christina LaValley and 42-year-old John Paul Barton, both residents of Parish in Oswego County, were arrested on Sunday, Aug. 7, and charged with four counts of animal cruelty. Police said several dogs at their residence had porcupine quills in their faces, noses, necks, and bodies. Barton told investigators he didn't have money to take the animals to the veterinarian and planned to shoot them, a…
Mount Vernon
Police & Fire
Mount Vernon Man Accused Of Breaking Leg Of Kitten, SPCA Says
A Westchester man is facing charges for allegedly breaking the leg of an 8-week-old kitten, the SPCA announced. In Mount Vernon, law enforcement authorities received reports that a kitten had been struck with a broomstick, prompting a multi-agency investigation led by the SPCA of Westchester’s Humane Law Enforcement Unit. According to SPCA Chief Ernest Lungaro and Mount Vernon Police Officer Brianna Mecca, the investigation led to the arrest of Mount Vernon resident Erby Charlemagne, who allegedly abused the kitten and was charged with animal cruelty, they announced on Tuesday, May 17. In…
Nassau
News
Rare Coyote Warning Issued In Nassau County
A rare warning was issued by officials in a metro New York community following a recent rash of coyote sightings in the region. On Long Island, local lawmakers in Nassau County and the SPCA are warning that there have been multiple coyote sightings along the North Shore of the county and in the village of Lattingtown in the Town of Oyster Bay, prompting the warning. The warning applies to all Long Islanders, officials noted, but specifically to pet owners whose animals could be in potential danger if they encounter a coyote on the loose. According to the SPCA, pets should not be fed outsi…
Nassau
Police & Fire
SPCA Charges Long Island Woman With Animal Cruelty For Mistreating Dog
Investigators from the SPCA on Long Island arrested a woman who is facing an animal cruelty charge after being arrested for allegedly neglecting her mistreated dog. In Suffolk County, SPCA detectives charged Marylyn Richards, age 58, of West Babylon, on Friday, Oct. 22 following an investigation into allegations that she failed to provide her dog with veterinary care and grooming which caused the dog severe pain, discomfort, and suffering. Roy Gross, the Chief of the Suffolk County SPCA, said that Richards neglected Minni, a female Maltese, which was extremely matted and covered with feces,…
Nassau
Police & Fire
No Bull: New Long Island Sightings Of 1,500-Pound 'Barney' Reported
The 1,500-pound bull that escaped from a Long Island farm last week is still on the loose, and a number of local rescue groups are continuing their effort to find and capture the animal. Most recently there were two sightings of the bull over the weekend in Manorville, according to Frankie Floridia with Strong Island Animal Rescue. Suffolk County Police said the bull broke through a fence on a farm located at 136 Barnes Road in Manorville. The first sighting of the bull was reported on Tuesday, July 20, in Mastic. The animal has also been spotted in Shirley. SCPD officers responded to …
Nassau
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Kills Dog During Video Call While Threatening Family Member, Police Say
A Long Island man has been accused of killing a dog during a video call and threatening a family member. A 23-year-old man found a Chihuahua that had escaped from its Central Islip home on Sunday, May 9, Suffolk County Police said. After keeping the dog for nearly a month, the man contacted a family member via FaceTime on Tuesday, June 1, and strangled the dog, killing it, while threatening his family member during the video call, according to police. Suffolk County PD Third Squad detectives investigated and determined the dog’s remains were discarded. Detectives with the assi…
Mount Pleasant
Police & Fire
NY Man Accused Of Filming Sexual Misconduct With Dog
A 21-year-old man is facing charges for allegedly sexually abusing his girlfriend’s family dog, filming it, and then sharing it on social media, the SPCA announced. Long Island resident Matteo Chirello, of Ridge in Suffolk County, was arrested this week and charged with animal cruelty and sexual misconduct with an animal on Monday, April 5 after a Suffolk County SPCA investigation into claims he forcibly pushed a dog’s nose into his anus while videotaping it. Suffolk County SPCA Chief Roy Gross said that SPCA Officers received a videotape showing a man apparently grabbing a dog by the neck …
Nassau
News
Woman Charged After Four Dead Dogs Found At Long Island Residence
Multiple dead dogs were found inside a Long Island “uninhabitable” home leading to an animal cruelty arrest for a 68-year-old Oakdale woman. Donna Hulse’s Jade Street residents made multiple complaints to the SPCA and police about what they alleged were dead dogs inside her home and a strong smell of urine and feces in recent weeks, SPCA Chief Roy Gross said. Gross said that when SPCA officers went to the house on Jade Street previously, their view inside was blocked because the windows had been covered from the inside and Hulse refused to allow them inside to inspect the premises. Howeve…
Eastchester
News
SPCA Investigating After Neglected Rabbit Found Abandoned In Hudson Valley
SPCA officials in the Hudson Valley are investigating a potential case of animal cruelty after an apparently neglected rabbit was found abandoned in a box outside a Putnam County pet store. An abandoned young female Holland Lop domestic rabbit was discovered in a W.B. Mason box on Monday, Aug. 31 in front of the Pet Valu Store on Route 22 in Patterson when employees went to open the store. According to the SPCA, the rabbit showed signs of long-term neglect with its nails growing sideways and smelling of feces and urine. The incident is being investigated as a possible animal cruelty or neg…
Nassau
Police & Fire
Three Dogs Attack Four People, Including Police Officer, In Long Island Neighborhood
Three aggressive pit bulls escaped from their yard and attacked at least four people, prompting one police officer to fire shots at the animals. According to Suffolk County Police, the incident began around 7:22 p.m., Monday, July 13, when officers responded to a home in North Babylon regarding the attacking dogs. The attacks began after the three dogs escaped from a yard on Woods Road and bit four local residents, police said. The four people required medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries. Two were transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Is…
Bergenfield
Police & Fire
New Milford Man Charged With Stabbing, Pouring Bleach On Pesky Raccoons
A New Milford man who said he was pestered by raccoons literally took matters into his own hands – and was arrested for stabbing and pouring bleach on two of them. Patrick Biondo, 54, brought officers responding to a cruelty report to a cage on his Canterbury Lane deck where they found the raccoons “in poor health, with stab wounds and burns,” Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said Wednesday. Biondo told them that he was “attempting to exterminate the raccoons due to them being a constant nuisance on his deck,” Van Saders said. “Upon further investigation, it was determined that Biondo had po…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes
Police & Fire
Justice? Franklin Lakes Owner Who Abused German Shepherds 'Walks Away,' Investigator Says
A 65-year-old Franklin Lakes woman with a history of similar offenses "got to walk away with a slap on the wrist" after authorities accused her of severely damaging 14 German Shepherds in an illegal kennel that she operated from her home, an animal control investigator said Thursday. Under a plea deal with prosecutors, 13 criminal charges of animal cruelty against Danielle Weitz were dropped "and the 14th [was] amended to a civil violation," said her attorney, Gregg D. Trautmann. Weitz was "found liable of a single civil violation of neglecting a single dog of the f…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes
Police & Fire
Franklin Lakes German Shepherd Owner Charged With 14 Animal Cruelty Counts
A 55-year-old Franklin Lakes woman with a history of similar trouble was served with a host of animal cruelty complaints after more than a dozen German Shepherds were removed from her home, authorities said. The 14 dog were in varying health and living conditions, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said, when animal control officers removed them from the Haddon Place home-turned-dog kennel of Danielle Weitz and her husband, Robert. Borough officials also deemed the house uninhabitable. "I'm not interested in this call," Robert Weitz said Tuesday night before hanging up …
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes
Police & Fire
Herd Of German Shepherds Removed From Franklin Lakes Couple's Home
UPDATE: A 55-year-old Franklin Lakes woman with a history of similar trouble was served with a host of animal cruelty complaints after more than a dozen German Shepherds were removed from her home, authorities said. The 14 dog were in varying health and living conditions, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said, when animal control officers removed them from the Haddon Place home-turned-dog kennel of Danielle Weitz and her husband, Robert. Borough officials also deemed the house uninhabitable. "I'm not interested in this call," Robert Weitz said Tuesday night before hang…
Cortlandt
News
Westchester Neighbors Push For New Tether Law To Protect Pets From Neglect
Tired of hearing their neighbor's dog whine and bark all night -- in the wind and cold and snow -- several Ossining residents are pressing the village mayor as well as town officials to pass a so-called "animal tether law." A similar law, approved in Port Chester two years ago, reduced the number of complaints about dogs being ignored, neglected and abused, according to police there. Deborah Pangle of Briarcliff Manor and founder of the Cat Squad Rescue Group LLC said she has been met with resistance from some public officials, despite the fact that she has presented proof of abus…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights
News
Bergen Vet Accused Of Burning Second Dog In Surgery
A second owner has come forward accusing the Ridgefield Park Animal Hospital of burning his dog with a heating pad during a surgical procedure. Bobby Lombardo told Daily Voice that he asked veterinarian Paul Kim not to use the heating pad during ACL surgery on the right leg of his Rottweiler, Harley, nearly five weeks ago. When he left the hospital, he said, he made sure to check Harley's body for burns -- having heard that another dog was burned during the same procedure in December. Lombardo said he found a burn that looked identical to that dog's burns on Harley's right hip. The first …
Mamaroneck
News
Westchester Man Charged In Animal Cruelty Case Involving Toy Poodle
A Westchester County man is facing an animal cruelty charge after a hospital asked local law enforcement officials to investigate the improper treatment of a dog in his care that broke its leg and was forced to amputate its leg. Michael Burguiere brought his toy poodle, now named Charlie Brown, to a Westchester animal hospital in July last year after if fractured its right leg, officials from the SPCA said. He was told to follow up with the hospital to receive further treatment for the dog so that the leg would properly heal and to prevent infection, which Burguiere failed to do. According …
Briarcliff
Neighbors
Elliot Is SPCA Pet Of The Week
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- The SPCA is hoping someone will adopt Elliot. Elliot is 1.5 and recently spent time in a foster home, becoming housebroken. He enjoys people and dogs but not cats. "Elliot is initially timid but warms up nicely; he's a blast to play with in the yard," the SPCA said. For more information, e-mail trainer@spca914.org or call (914) 941-2896 ext. 24.
