After an investigation, detectives from the Suffolk County SPCA have charged a Huntington Station woman with animal abandonment.  

 

Roy Gross, Chief of the Suffolk SPCA said that its detectives charged Darcy Beard, 60, of Huntington Station, with one count of animal abandonment, a misdemeanor, for driving up to a Dix Hills Animal Hospital when it was closed, abandoning Lavender Rose, her 9 year old female by leaving it in a cat carrier at that location and driving away.

 

Beard surrendered to SPCA detectives and is scheduled to appear in First District Court, Central Islip, on July 26, 2022.

 

Animal cruelty will not be tolerated in Suffolk County. If you witness any incident of animal cruelty or neglect in Suffolk County please contact the Suffolk County SPCA at (631) 382-7722.