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Former Danbury Pet Shop Owner Pleads Innocent To Animal Cruelty Charges
DANBURY, Conn. -- A former Danbury pet shop owner has pleaded not guilty to performing an illegal medical procedure on a puppy, according to a report on WLAD.com.
An arrest warrant for Richard Doyle, 56, of Mahopac, N.Y., claims that he literally “tortured” the sick animal by attempting to drain a cyst, according to a report in the Danbury News-Times.
He was charged with animal cruelty and practicing veterinary medicine without a license, The News-Times story said.
Doyle no longer owns the Animal Breeders store in Danbury but still runs a shop in Mohegan Lake, N.Y., The News-Times article …
Stamford Man Charged With Assault In West Side Knife Attack
STAMFORD, CONN. -- A Stamford man is facing assault and other charges after a woman told police he had attacked her with a knife on the city’s West Side late Monday night, April 11, according to a report by The Stamford Advocate.
Police said that Melvin Garcia, 21, had approached the woman on Victory Street for a cigarette, and, after being refused, struck her in the abdomen with the handle of a knife, The Stamford Advocate report said.
The woman ran to a nearby hotel and called police, who found Garcia sitting on a wall on West Main Street and arrested him, The Stamford Advocate feport sai…
Woman Charged With Assault At Yorktown Gas Station
CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. – A 45-year-old Norwalk, Connecticut woman faces charges in an alleged domestic incident that occurred Sunday, April 10, at a gas station on Route 202 in Cortlandt Manor, police said.
Jennifer P. Pastore was arrested at the Shell station and charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, after, police said, she attacked another person.
That person was granted a temporary order of protection against Pastore, police said.
Pastore was processed and released on $2,500 bond and is to appear in Yorktown Justice Court on Thursday, April 14.
Police provided no details on …
Three Wappingers Falls Men Charged With Assaulting 17-Year-Old
WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. -- A Wappingers Falls man has been charged with shooting a teenager in the head with a BB gun after a fight, state police said.
Marquett L. Ryans, 20, was arrested Monday and charged with second-degree assault, a felony, police said.
Two days earlier Ryans had met the 17-year-old victim in a wooded area off Wenliss Terrace in the village where he, two others, and the teen got into a fight, police said.
After punches were thrown, Ryans shot the teen with the BB gun, police said.
Police said that the teen was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for non-life-th…
