NYC hoarder kept 11 starving dogs, 2 cats locked in filthy apartment stuffed with DJ equipment and drugs: cops
NY Post
A Queens man kept 11 starving dogs and two cats locked in “deplorable conditions” in his filthy home – that was stuffed with DJ equipment, drugs and stolen tools, cops said.
Cory Elder, 43, was nabbed around 6 a.m. Monday when the NYPD searched his home on Beach 44th Street in the Rockaways and found the emaciated animals – including at least one German Shepherd – showing signs of “neglect and malnourishment,” authorities and sources said.
Heartbreaking photos released by the NYPD later Monday show one dog locked inside a cage next to what appears to be a puddle of urine and assorted trash, and another pooch also in a cage surrounded by tufts of fur.
Investigators also found heroin, fentanyl, and stolen tools as well as DJ equipment inside the home, cops said.
Elder was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, torturing, injuring or not feeding an animal, criminal possession of stolen property, neglect of an impounded animal and aggravated unlicensed operator of a motor vehicle, police said.
His arraignment was pending Tuesday.
