MATTHEW SAVINOVICH accused of killing ex-girlfriend’s ferret and three Chihuahuas
- voiceforus
- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 30, 2022
- New York, USA -
~ Update: April 30, 2022
On April 28, Putnam County District Attorney Robert V. Tendy announced the conviction of 28-years-old MATTHEW SAVINOVICH (pictured), accused of killing his ex-girlfriend’s Chihuahuas and ferret.
On April 26, SAVINOVICH pled guilty to two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, one count of torturing animals, and one count of attempted burglary in the second degree.
In a press release, DA Tendy said that SAVINOVICH “systematically and brutally killed his ex-girlfriend's pets in her Lake Peekskill home.”
SAVINOVICH admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's Chihuahuas by slamming them against a wall.
SAVINOVICH also admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's ferret by crushing him/her to death by intentionally dropping a mattress and box spring on top of the creature.
SAVINOVICH faces between three and seven years in state prison.
Sentencing is scheduled for July 5, 2022.
~ Original Story:
Putnam County SPCA announced in a news release the arrest of 27-years-old MATTHEW SAVINOVICH (pictured below).
The agency arrested SAVINOVICH, of Millbrook Circle, Norwood, on October 6, pursuant to an indictment charging him with four counts of aggravated cruelty to animals (felony), four counts of Misdemeanor animal cruelty, four counts of Felony criminal mischief, and one count of Felony burglary, after killing his ex-girlfriend’s three Chihuahuas and one ferret in Lake Peekskill.
SAVINOVICH failed to appear in in Putnam Valley Court to face the above charges and was additionally charged with bail jumping, a Class A misdemeanor.
According to the news release, SAVINOVICH killed his ex-girlfriend’s furbabies “over the course of their relationship from December 2019 to November 2020.”
SAVINOVICH was arraigned at the Putnam County Court on the same day of his arrest.
He was ordered held in Putnam County Jail in lieu of $100,000 cash or $500,000 bond.
The release stated that SAVONOVICH, is a “predicate felon with an extensive criminal record” and faces a minimum of five years in state prison.
SPCA Chief Ken Ross stated: ”This lengthy investigation was a result of cooperation with the Putnam County Office of the District Attorney, Assistant District Attorney Nicholas LaStella, District Attorney’s Office Investigator Jaemie Caban, the Putnam County Sheriff's Department, Investigator Paul Piazza, the Ossining Police Department, and City of Peekskill Police Department.”
Chief Ross also thanked the Norwood Police Department, NJ, Hackensack Police Department, Fair Lawn Police Department, and Northvale Police Department for their assistance.
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I wish that when taking a shameful mug shot they would insist smirking is not allowed. This punk MATTHEW SAVINOVICH, needs to have his cruel sadistic life turned upside down by held responsible for his cowardly sadistic acts of cruelty. So sad it took a year and four innocent deaths to see the light. I pray this human garbage stays in jail long enough to wipe that smirk off his ugly mug. RIP FUR BABIES.