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Woman charged, 6 dogs taken in animal cruelty investigation

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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.


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