- New York, USA -
Suffolk County SPCA announced that its chief, Roy Gross, charged 44-years-old STEPHEN CLEMENTE with animal cruelty and abandonment.
In a press release, the agency said that CLEMENTE, of Lake Ronkonkoma , was charged on September 26, 2023, following an investigation into an abandoned dog.
According to the release, on the morning of Friday, September 8, 2023, CLEMENTE abandoned his dog, a 2-year-old female Pitbull terrier named Shadow, outside the Brookhaven Town Animal Shelter while it was closed.
Shadow was found severely emaciated with ribs and bones showing.
CLEMENTE is set to appear in First District Court, Central Islip on October 16, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. before Judge Susan A. Berland.
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