Woman charged, 6 dogs taken in animal cruelty investigation
NEW BALTIMORE -- A New Baltimore woman has been charged and six dogs surrendered in a Greene County investigation into a case of animal cruelty, the Columbia-Greene Humane Society-SPCA announced Monday.
Forty-three-year-old Sandra Maurer was charged with five counts of animal cruelty after investigators from the CGHS-SPCA and the Greene County Sheriff's Department found five "extremely emaciated" animal at Maurer's home Friday, Oct. 30.
Each of the five counts carries a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Maurer surrendered a total of six dogs to the CGHS-SPCA, according to its president Ron Perez.
The CGHS-SPCA says donations to Marvin's Fund, dedicated to helping rehabilitate victims of animal cruelty, may be mailed to: Marvin's Fund c/o Columbia-Greene Humane Society-SPCA, 125 Humane Society Road, Hudson, NY 12534.
