Overview

• Suffolk County prosecutors charged Samantha Boyd, 57, with multiple counts of animal cruelty and endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, and charged her partner, Neal Weschler, 61, with animal cruelty.
• Investigators executing a warrant reported finding 206 animals across domestic and wild species kept in overcrowded cages with filthy conditions and unsanitary food and water.
• Officials said the house was infested and so cluttered that areas were impassable, and a 95-year-old woman was discovered confined on the second floor.
• The DA’s Biological, Environmental and Animal Safety Team and multiple rescue nonprofits are handling medical evaluations, transport and rehabilitation, with many animals expected to be available for adoption.
• The DA’s office said Boyd is certified by New York’s DEC as a wildlife rehabilitator, has pleaded not guilty and was released under probation supervision, while Weschler awaits arraignment.