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CARLOS A. LAURO arrested – Two dogs shot and killed. Horrific backyard slaughterhouse discovered

Updated: Jan 17, 2024

- New York, USA -

 


~ Update: January 17, 2024


LAURO's mugshot added to the article.


LAURO's mugshot provided to Voice For Us by the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office.



~ Original story:


Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced the arrest of 76-years-old CARLOS A. LAURO (pictured).

 

In a press release, DA Tierney said that LAURO, of Riverhead, is accused of aggravated cruelty to animals and other related charges for fatally shooting two innocent and defenseless German Shepherds with a rifle.

 

The current investigation was launched on January 10, 2024, when a one-year-old German Shepherd named Blitzkrieg was taken to the VCA Westbury Veterinarian Hospital in Westbury. Blitzkrieg was found to be paralyzed from a gunshot wound to the head.

DA Tierney said that according to a witness, Blitzkrieg was found shot laying in a pen next to a dead goat on LAURO’s property on Sound Avenue.

 

Detectives with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office’s Biological, Environmental, and Animal Safety Team (BEAST) went to LAURO’s home to investigate the incident and learned that approximately a month prior, LAURO had also shot and killed another German Shepherd. The DA’s Office identified the furvictim as a 6-month-old puppy named Cranky.

According to the press release, LAURO first shot Cranky simply because the furbaby was “allegedly refusing to go back inside his house.” As stated in the release, “The allegations of that event were that Lauro had shot Cranky once in the back and then, when another resident took him back inside the house in an attempt to console and treat his wounds, Lauro dragged the dog back outside and shot him in the head.”

 

At LAURO’s home BEAST detectives found five surviving Belgian Malinois/Dutch Shepherd mix dogs, a Border Collie, two German Shepherds, and numerous other animals including chickens, cows, goats, and pigs.

 

On January 11, 2024, together with the Riverhead Police Department, BEAST detectives returned to LAURO’s home with a search warrant. Authorities discovered many other dead farm animals, including a baby goat and a pig. The DA’s Office said the “circumstances of their deaths are still being investigated.”  

On the same day, LAURO was placed under arrest.

 

According to Erik C. Howard, Town of Riverhead Attorney, “Mr. Lauro is repeatedly the subject of various complaints to the Town regarding the condition of and activities at his Sound Avenue property. Responses to his property by Town Code Enforcement officials have revealed and led to prosecutions by the Riverhead Town Attorney’s Office for illegal animal sales, attempts to operate an illegal slaughterhouse, dilapidated and illegal structures, loose farm animals, and general property maintenance. The Riverhead Town Attorney’s Office applauds the Suffolk County District Attorney's prosecution of Mr. Lauro and is prepared to assist in any way necessary to secure a conviction for Mr. Lauro’s reprehensible conduct and wanton disregard for the life of a companion animal.”

 

The DA’s Office explained that Fund For Animal Cruelty Treatment of Suffolk (FACTS) is providing costs of care to the dogs and the Humane Long Island has been assisting the field operation by triaging farm animal victims to appropriate foster care.

 

John Di Leonardo, anthrozoologist and Executive Director of Humane Long Island said: “Animals, whether dogs or goats, sheep or chickens experience terror and fight for their lives just as we would when faced with the prospect of slaughter, yet for the animals at this illegal backyard slaughter operation, the experience was made even more horrific, with sick and injured animals living among the corpses of their friends.” He then added: “Humane Long Island thanks the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office and its Biological, Environmental, and Animal Safety Team for prosecuting this heinous case of aggravated animal cruelty and reminds the public that they too can save hundreds of animals annually by simply leaving them off their plates.”

 

At LAURO’s arraignment, Riverhead Town Justice Court Judge, the Honorable Sean Walter ordered him to be held without bail. LAURO’s next court date is slated to take place on January 17, 2024.

 

In a statement, District Attorney Tierney said: “This is a particularly horrific example of cruelty. While we unfortunately could not rescue all of the animal victims that our investigators found on this defendant’s property, we will seek justice for them.”

 

I emailed the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office to request LAURO’s booking photograph, but I was told: “We do not disclose the arrest photo of a defendant prior to a disposition.”

 

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JASMINE VELASQUEZ arrested for punching, kicking, and hitting with a glass bottle her service dog

Updated: Dec 27, 2023

- Massachusetts, USA -


~ Update: December 27, 2023

 

I heard back from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and learned that the case was scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Monday, December 18, 2023, “however it was resolved by a plea the same day.”  VELASQUEZ was sentenced to two years in the House of Correction suspended for two years “with the conditions she attend anger management, surrender ownership of her dog, and not own any other animals.”

 

This essentially means that VELASQUEZ will be on probation for two years and will need to comply with those conditions, if not, she serves two years in the House of Correction.

 

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office further told me that VELASQUEZ “signed the animal surrender form in court that day.”

 


~ Original story:


The Boston Police Department arrested a female who was witnessed kicking, punching, and repeatedly striking her dog with a glass bottle.


According to a press release by Boston police, on the evening of Tuesday, November 21, 2023, officers “were conducting a walk and talk in the area of the Boston Common when they could hear the noise of a crying dog.”


A passerby advised officers that a female, later identified as 27-years-old JASMINE VELASQUEZ (pictured), was beating a dog in the area of 131 Tremont Street.


Police said that as officers approached VELASQUEZ, “they observed the suspect kick the dog”, so they quickly took the Voiceless Victim, a 5-year-old male Australian Cattle named Rocky, and put him in a safe spot as there was broken glass and unknown liquid on the ground.


As part of the investigation, officers interviewed multiple witnesses and they all gave the same version of the facts. They all stated that that VELASQUEZ punched and kicked Rocky and repeatedly struck him with a glass bottle.


VELASQUEZ was placed under arrest and charged with animal cruelty and assault and battery on a police officer.


According to police, Animal Control took custody of Rocky.


On Wednesday, November 22, 2023, VELASQUEZ appeared at Boston Municipal Court for her arraignment.


Prosecutor Sam Jones for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office told the judge that police obtained street camera footage and officers were able to see that VELASQUEZ “hit the dog with the open right hand one time, hit the dog with the glass bottle eleven times, and kick the dog three times.” He went on to say that when VELASQUEZ was in the booking cell after her arrest, she was uncooperative with officers and at one point she spat at one of the officers.

Jones requested VELASQUEZ be held on $1,500 cash bail and that she stay away from witnesses connected to the case and have no animals in her custody.


VELASQUEZ’s defense attorney, Denise Moore, told the judge that her client lives at the Pine Street Inn and has a four-month-old son who is in state custody. In her pathetic attempt to defend her evil client, Moore went on to tell the judge that VELASQUEZ is not working at this time because she is disabled. VELASQUE “fractured her tibia last year and she’s still recovering”, said Moore and then added: “She still has balance and ambulation issues. That’s why she has the service dog to assist her with ambulation.”


The judge told Moore he read the word “kicking” on the documents and asked her: “What am I missing?”


VELASQUEZ sobbed and cried the whole time and while in tears she told the judge that she had to go to see her son. VELASQUEZ remains behind bars and her pre-trial hearing was scheduled for December 18, 2023.


VELASQUEZ, you must have kicked Rocky with your good leg then….. If you have balance problems, I suggest a stick! You had a chance to be in court and show your pathetic self to the judge. Rocky, however, could not be in court and cry before a judge. Animals cannot describe their pain and abuse. Keep THAT in mind the next time that you demand respect for your useless life!


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JILLIAN FITZPATRICK and JANINE ALBRECHT arrested for abandoning a one-eyed cat on a Long Island road

- New York, USA -


On August 27, 2023, detectives with the Suffolk County SPCA arrested 43-years-old JILLIAN FITZPATRICK and 69-years-old JANINE ALBRECHT, both of Bohemia.


The agency said in a news release that on the early afternoon of Monday, July 10, 2023, the two females abandoned a one-eyed black cat at the end of South Denver Avenue in Bay Shore.

According to the release, the cat, a 6-year-old male named Rocky, was abandoned “within a few hundred feet of the defunct Town of Islip Animal Shelter that was replaced with a new building several years ago.”


Suffolk County SPCA said that a Good Samaritan caught FITZPATRICK and ALBRECHT in the act and alerted the agency. The Good Samaritan has since been caring for Rocky. The Suffolk County SPCA said that on August 17, 2023, Rocky underwent surgery but did not disclose additional information.


FITZPATRICK and ALBRECHT were each charged with one count of abandonment and conspiracy for abandoning.

Court records show that their next court appearance at First District Court in Central Islip is set for Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. before Judge Rosann O. Orlando.


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