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Father Of Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty Arrested: SPCA
The 26-year-old woman allegedly kept her injured pit bull with no water or shelter at her father's house. Now her father faces charges too.
LONG ISLAND, NY - The father of a Brentwood woman charged with animal cruelty was arrested on Wednesday on charges in connection to the same incident that got her daughter arrested, according to the Suffolk County SPCA.
Crystal Booker, 26, was charged with one count of failure to provide proper sustenance to her dog named Grumpy on Aug. 20, the SPCA said.
Grumpy, a senior pit bull, was left for several days in the yard of a Middle Island home, unable to stand or walk, with open sores and untreated infections, according to the SPCA.
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He was also left in direct sun with no shelter or water, the SPCA said.
Officers then arrested Booker's father, Ervin Booker, a resident of the Middle Island home where Grumpy was left, on animal cruelty charges, the SPCA said.
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Erwin is scheduled to appear in First District Court October 29, 2019.
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