Yonkers Man Guilty Of Slashing Neighbor’s Dog
YONKERS—A Yonkers man has been convicted of felony aggravated cruelty to animals after he intentionally slashed his neighbor’s companion animal, a four-year-old German Shepherd dog.
Prosecutors said that on April 5, Andrew Owens, 58, of 715 Nepperhan Ave., armed with a knife, approached the animal that was restrained by a cord on the property of 705-707 Nepperhan Ave. in Yonkers, intending to harm the animal.




The German Shepherd Dog, also known as Alsatian is a breed of large-sized dog that originated in Germany which dates back in 1899. Developed originally for herding sheep but because of their strength, intelligence and abilities in obedience training, today they are often employed as police war dogs.
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