Puppy tossed down 7th-floor garbage chute
New York, NY (US)Incident Date: Sunday, Jan 28, 2007
County: New York
Charges: Misdemeanor
Disposition: Alleged
Alleged: Anthony Blow
Case Updates: 3 update(s) available
A puppy tossed down a garbage chute from the seventh-floor was rescued alive by cops - and is now being adopted by one of New York's Finest. The 5-month-old pooch, who has been named - what else? - Lucky, was pulled to safety with only minor scratches after being thrown into the trash in a fit of rage by his owner, Anthony Blow, cops said.
"You don't think I will do it?" Blow told Robin Hines, 28, the mother of his child, seconds before opening the door of the chute in her upper West Side building on Jan 28 and dropping the dog down.
Blow took off, and Hines called the cops, police said.
Officers from the 20th Precinct and Emergency Service Unit used heavy machinery to break into the trash compactor room to get the pup out.
Lucky, a pit bull terrier mix who is deaf, spent almost an hour and a half in the basement of the Amsterdam Ave. building before he was rescued.
"We had to pull down the garbage in the chute to find the dog," said Sgt. Rick Khalaf, who assisted in the rescue with Officers Greg Fontaine, Alberto Natal and Christopher O'Brien and two ESU detectives.
"The trash was knee-deep on the floor. Rats were running everywhere, and then we saw him. He was encased in garbage, surrounded by bottles, food and the metal edges of cans, and just looked like he wanted to say, 'Hello everybody.' It could have been a terrible death."
Khalaf took the teeny canine back to the police station, where Officer Andrew Dorsett instantly offered to adopt the pooch.
"I just couldn't see him spending his life in a shelter and possibly being put down," Dorsett, 28, said. "He's so gentle and cute."
Hines told officers that before Blow tossed the dog they were arguing because she refused to provide him a place to stay after his recent release from jail.
Blow, 26, was arrested on Jan 29 and charged with torturing and injuring an animal, abandonment of a disabled animal and carrying an animal in a cruel manner.
"It's my property and I can do what I want with it," cops quoted him as saying after his arrest.
He was also charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.
Khalaf called Blow's alleged actions "totally heartless and cruel."
"It's a total disregard for another living being," Khalaf, 40, said. "It's typical to take animals to the Center for Animal Care and Control when we find them and then they are never to be seen again by us. I wanted him near so I could keep an eye on him."
Case Updates| On July 18, 2007, Anthony Blow failed to appear in court for trial. A bench warrant has been issued for his arrest. Anyone with information regarding Blow's whereabouts may contact the NYPD 20th Precinct at (212) 580-6411. | Source: Case # 2007-NY-008431
Update posted on Jul 23, 2007 - 1:58PM |
A man accused of tossing a puppy down a garbage chute from the seventh floor will go on trial for misdemeanor animal cruelty on July 18 at 9:00 a.m.
"You don't think I will do it?" Anthony Blow told the mother of his child, just before opening the door of the chute and dropping the dog down.
Officers from the 20th Precinct and Emergency Service Unit used heavy machinery to break into the trash compactor room to get the pup out.
Lucky, a deaf pit bull terrier mix spent almost an hour and a half in the basement of the building before he was rescued.
"We had to pull down the garbage in the chute to find the dog," said Sgt. Rick Khalaf, who assisted in the rescue with other officers.
"The trash was knee-deep on the floor. Rats were running everywhere, and then we saw him. He was encased in garbage, surrounded by bottles, food and the metal edges of cans, and just looked like he wanted to say, 'Hello everybody.' It could have been a terrible death."
Lucky recovered from his ordeal and was adopted by one of New York's Finest. | Source: Case # 2007-NY-008431
Update posted on May 15, 2007 - 6:36PM |
| Anthony Blow was arraigned on five misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty and possession of marijuana on January 30, 2007. He is scheduled to appear for a pre-trial conference on March 27, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. He remains out of custody on his own recognizance. | Source: Docket # 2007-NY-008431
Update posted on Feb 5, 2007 - 4:12PM |
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