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CT Man pleads guilty to cruelty after strangling, dismembering dog in New Rochelle
A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to aggravated cruelty to animals after killing and dismembering an English bulldog in New Rochelle, the Westchester County District Attorney's office said.
Benjamin Tyler, 40, of New Milford, pleaded guilty to the unclassified felony, District Attorney Susan Cacace's office said in a news release.
Tyler is expected to be sentenced on Sept. 8 in Westchester County Court to one year in jail, the release said.
From 2024: Arrest made in strangling, dismembering of English bulldog in New Rochelle
On Dec. 6, 2024, Tyler strangled Bruno, a pure-bred English bulldog, to death at the New Rochelle home of Bruno's guardian, a longtime acquaintance of the defendant with whom he had been staying, according to the District Attorney's office. Tyler dismembered Bruno and strewed various pieces of his carcass around New Rochelle.
The criminal complaint from 2024 said Tyler strangled and dismembered the dog, then put the torso in an orange bucket and the head and two legs in a cardboard box.
Later in December, Tyler turned himself in at police headquarters after learning there was an arrest warrant for him after an investigation by New Rochelle detectives and SPCA Westchester investigators.
"The defendant's conduct in this case is sickening beyond comprehension," Cacace said. "He will soon have time to reflect on the depravity of his actions from the Westchester County Jail. Cruelty to animals will never be tolerated under my administration.'
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Connecticut man pleads guilty to dismembering dog in New Rochelle, NY
