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Ian De Los Reyes, 34, who has no known address, but is a fugitive from North Carolina and Utah, has been sentenced to eight months at the Westchester County penitentiary after pleading guilty to aggravated cruelty to animals and tampering with physical evidence, both felonies, in connection to the incident in Greenburgh.
Another man, Greenburgh resident Danilo Tolentino, 59, has charges pending against him for his role in the murder of the dog.
On Saturday, July 13, Greenburgh Police officers arrested De Los Reyes and Tolentino after investigators found the charred remains of a pit bull terrier in Tolentino’s backyard and evidence of the dog's killing inside the home.
Tolentino reported the death of the dog to police on the morning it died, according to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr.
Police said that De Los Reyes beat and killed the pit bull terrier and then proceeded to burn its body in a fire pit on Friday, July 12, or early on Saturday, Scarpino said. Tolentino then allegedly attempted to cover up the death of the dog by tampering with the evidence of the dog’s death inside his home.
Scarpino said that a search subsequent to Tolentino’s rest found that he was in possession of methamphetamine, and the pet dog had belonged to Tolentino’s daughter, who no longer lived with him.
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