Incident: Man Arrested for Shooting Neighbor’s Dog with BB GunLocation: 82 Lincoln Road, Medford
Date/Time: Sunday, June 2, 2013 at approximately 7:00 p.m.
Suffolk County Police today arrested a man who shot his neighbor’s dog with a BB gun in Medford this evening.
Sixth Precinct officers responded to 82 Lincoln Road after a 911 caller reported that her dog had been shot by her neighbor at approximately 7:00 p.m. When Officers Ettore Naclerio and Michael Cafarella arrived, they noticed that the dog, a German Shepard, had a BB gun pellet lodged in his nose and was bleeding. The dog’s injuries were not life-threatening.
Martin Frey, 54, of 84 Lincoln Road, Medford, was arrested and charged with Animal Cruelty. He was also charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th Degree after he was found to be in possession of a gravity knife.
Frey will be held at the Sixth Precinct overnight and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on June 3.
Editor’s note: A criminal charge is an accusation. By law, a person charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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