ALSO CHARGED WITH ENDANGERMENT
FOR STRIKING CANINE IN FRONT OF GIRL
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been
indicted for Aggravated Cruelty to Animals and related charges for the brutalization of a small
dog.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant was cruel and relentless in his
incomprehensible attack on a small, defenseless animal. Surveillance video captured this
horror and we will now work hard to obtain justice; we emphasize our continued dedication to
protecting vulnerable animals.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, George Reid, 37, of 2414 Belmont Ave., was
indicted for Aggravated Cruelty to Animals, Torturing and Injuring Animals and Endangering
the Welfare of a Child. He was arraigned today before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George
Villegas and bail was set at $25,000. He is due back on December 20, 2017. If convicted of the
top charge, he faces up to two years in prison.
According to the investigation, on August 16, 2017 in his apartment building, the
defendant allegedly repeatedly attacked his dog, punching, kicking and slamming the animal
to the ground. At one point during the assault, the defendant held the small dog by the neck
and punched the canine in front of a young girl. The crime was captured on surveillance video
and the defendant was later seen taking out a garbage bag. The body of a small dog was
observed in the building’s garbage bin later that evening.
DA Clark thanked the NYPD Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad, specifically
Detectives Kevin Connors and Charles Cadiz, as well as ASPCA veterinarian, Dr. Robert
Reisman.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
