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Northport Wildlife Rehabber Had 200+ Animals, 95-Year-Old In ‘Deplorable' Conditions: DA
More than 200 animals and a 95-year-old woman were rescued from squalid conditions inside the Long Island home of a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, prosecutors alleged.
Investigators with the District Attorney’s Biological, Environmental, and Animal Safety Team (BEAST) executed a search warrant at a Northport home on Fort Salonga Road home on Wednesday, Oct. 1, following a complaint of possible hoarding.
Inside, authorities discovered 206 animals — including cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, ferrets, reptiles, and even wild animals such as squirrels and crows — living in overcrowded cages filled…
9 Dead Sugar Gliders Among Numerous Neglected Animals Found Inside Kings Park Home, Police Say
Over two dozen neglected animals, including 10 deceased ones, were found in horrific conditions inside a Long Island home, authorities said.
Cazandra Nucci, 42, was arrested on animal cruelty charges after Suffolk County SPCA officers executed a search warrant at her Kings Park residence on Saturday, Feb. 8.
Investigators found 11 sugar gliders and nine cats living in an overcrowded, filthy area with hoarded garbage, some piles reaching over six feet high, police said. They also recovered nine dead sugar gliders and one deceased snake.
The conditions inside the home were described as “unfi…
Triple Fatal Fire: Mother, Daughter Among Victims In Fast-Moving Blaze At NY Home
Authorities identified three family members who were killed in a fast-moving house fire that left two others hospitalized in Upstate New York.
Colonie Police identified the victims as:
Lynne Lyons, 72
Kateleyn Ryan, 33, daughter of Lynne
Timothy Ryan, 42, husband to Katelyn
Emergency crews in Colonie responded to a residential fire on Locust Park shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, as Daily Voice reported. Firefighters and police arrived to find the home fully engulfed in flames and multiple residents trapped inside, Colonie Police said.
Despite the efforts of first responders, three p…
