- New York, USA -
An arrest was made in connection with the abandonment of three Pit Bull breed dogs found severely emaciated March 2, on Tinker Hill Road in Putnam.
On March 14, the Putnam County SPCA announced in a Facebook post that TAMMY M. WILLIAMS, of Sunset Boulevard, Carmel, was arrested in relation with the furbabies’ callous abandonment.
The dogs, 1 brown/white male, 1 brown/ white female, and 1 brindle/dark brown female - all approximately mid-aged to older, were brought to the Carmel Animal Hospital to be examined.
They were determined to be in critical condition due to a lack of food.
Putnam County SPCA Chief Ken Ross said: “The conditions the dogs were found in, and the circumstances of their abandonment required a team approach – from the Putnam County SPCA Dog Control Officer Mary Madsen recognizing the severe condition the dogs were in, to the expertise of Carmel Animal Hospital’s care and the assistance of the Sheriff’s Department, Carmel Police, Kent Police and PC Probation in providing help in locating the suspect, made the arrest of the individual currently charged in the alleged commission of the crimes possible.”
After extensive veterinary care, all three dogs are doing much better now and are in foster care.
Over the past month, detectives of the Putnam County SPCA conducted numerous interviews with associates of WILLIAMS.
She is now facing three counts of animal abandonment and three counts of animal cruelty.
WILLIAMS be arraigned in Putnam Valley court on May 12 and Carmel Court on May 19.
