SOUTH BOSTON – A previous dog fitness instructor is dealing with charges of animal cruelty for presumably starving dogs at his training center.
Falco K9 in South Boston has actually been closed given that early March after clients suffered the supposed abuse.
The Animal Rescue League’s Law Enforcement Department submitted charges on May 4 in South Boston Municipal Court versus 30-year-old Tyler Falconer for 3 counts of animal cruelty and 3 counts of a dog tethering confinement infraction. Falconer is due in court to be officially charged at his May 31 arraignment.
The criminal charges originate from 3 declared occurrences of abuse of 3 various dogs, one in 2020 and 2 in 2023.
One declared victim is Luna, a Cane Corso. Her owner sent WBZ prior to and after photos revealing the dog looking emaciated following a remain at the center.
Falconer is likewise a Burlington firemen. He’s been on paid administrative leave given that early March. In a declaration to WBZ, the town said Falconer “had actually been put on paid administrative leave as the Town examined accusations of his misbehavior in a personal relationship and waited for the result of an examination by the Animal Rescue League of Boston (“ARL”), the firm accountable for managing Falconer’s dog care/training business in Boston.”
Since getting the criminal problem, Burlington said it will “now be identifying how to continue in that matter.”
If founded guilty, Falconer might deal with as low as a great or as much as ten years in jail.
