Pet Crimes: Starved, Beaten, DWI Victim

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Police accused four people of animal abuse in three separate incidents this past week.

In one, two women agreed to adopt four pets but then left them to starve, police said. Two died. Police are searching for the women.

• Starved Pets: Police Looking For 2 Women [PHOTO]

In another, the SPCA of Westchester said witnesses and video showed a man punching a dog in the head and kicking it.

• Man Accused Of Beating, Kicking Puppy

In the third, sheriff's deputies accused a man of driving around a park drunk with his dog on the roof.

• Nanuet Man Accused Of New City DWI With Dog On Car's Roof

Check out the week's Hudson Valley Crime Roundup.

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PHOTO/ SPCA of Westchester