John Shultz, 66, was arraigned on felony animal cruelty charges Saturday eight months after the 7-year-old Rottweiler mix was discovered dead in a West Islip canal.
“Just think about this dog that was in the water trying to swim to the surface,” Suffolk County SPCA Chief Roy Gross told the Daily News. “You have that image in your head and it’s just mind-boggling how somebody could do something like that.”
Shultz was arrested at his West Islip home at 6:50 p.m. Friday night. He was released on his own recognizance after appearing in Suffolk County Criminal Court, Gross said.
If convicted, Shultz faces up to two years behind in bars. He could not be reached Saturday.
An unidentified neighbor made the gruesome discovery behind a home on Secatogue Lane East on Sept. 18.
The dog, named Sandy, was believed to be in the water for about a week. A necropsy determined that she was alive when she was tossed into the canal, with the cinder block chained around her neck.
“There is no justification for doing this to an animal,” Gross said. “What really hits home is you have somebody who had a family pet and then allegedly does this to it. It’s mind-boggling.”
(NY Daily News - May 16, 2015)
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