A Copiague man apprehended in a South Farmingdale home that cops said he was captured robbing was charged with that criminal offense, along with animal cruelty after private investigators identified he’d launched the house owner’s animals — and among the family dogs killed an animal cat.
Nassau County cops said an animal care representative came to the home on Terrace View Road at 1:30 p.m. Monday to discover a rear door broken and 2 dogs and 3 cats had actually been launched from their dog crates. The family pet representative called the house owner, who then evaluated security monitoring video and saw that a man had actually gotten in your house however had actually stopped working to leave. Responding officers situated Isaac Flores, 29, inside the home and apprehended him without occurrence, cops said.
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A Copiague man apprehended in a South Farmingdale home that cops said he was captured robbing was charged with that criminal offense, along with animal cruelty after private investigators identified he’d launched the house owner’s animals — and among the family dogs killed an animal cat.
Nassau County cops said an animal care representative came to the home on Terrace View Road at 1:30 p.m. Monday to discover a rear door broken and 2 dogs and 3 cats had actually been launched from their dog crates. The family pet representative called the house owner, who then evaluated security monitoring video and saw that a man had actually gotten in your house however had actually stopped working to leave. Responding officers situated Isaac Flores, 29, inside the home and apprehended him without occurrence, cops said.
Police said Flores triggered $400 worth of damage to a door, then “rummaged” the home and took products — consisting of a laptop computer valued at about $2,500. During the burglary, cops said Flores launched the dogs and cats from dog crates where they were being housed, and among the dogs consequently killed among the cats.
Eighth Squad investigators said an evaluation of location monitoring video figured out Flores had actually likewise utilized a lever previously in the day on the front and rear storm doors of another area home in an effort to break in. Damage to that home was valued at about $300, cops said.
Flores was charged with second-degree theft, 2 counts of third-degree criminal mischief, second-degree tried theft, 2 counts of ownership of intruder’s tools, fourth-degree grand larceny and a farming and markets law charge of exacerbated cruelty to animals.
It was not instantly clear if Flores is represented by counsel.
He is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday in First District Court in Hempstead.
