Starved Pets: Police Looking For 2 Women [PHOTO]

FALLSBURG, NY — State police are looking for two women in connection with two pit bulls that were found starved to death in a home, along with two emaciated cats. Police said the women were identified as Miesha Bentley, 28, and Victoriano Moreira, 28, both of Loch Sheldrake.

An investigation found that Bentley and Moreira agreed to care for the animals after their former owners could not keep them because of new apartment regulations, police said.

However, according to authorities, the women left the residence without leaving any food or water for the animals.

A necropsy of the two pit bulls determined they died from starvation, police said.

Two arrest warrants have been signed and issued by a justice in the Town of Fallsburg Court.

The warrants are for aggravated cruelty to animals, a felony, and failure to provide sustenance, a misdemeanor, according to Agriculture and Market Law.

Police said both Moreira and Bentley have ties to Manhattan.

One of the two cats has been adopted by one of the members of Troop F, according to a State Police Facebook post.

Anyone with information is asked to call State Police Liberty at 845-292-6600.

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