Overview
- Dan Bujor, 68, was arrested in Long Island City after witnesses recorded two leashed dogs being pulled behind a Volkswagen and alerted police.
- He pleaded not guilty at arraignment, was released without bail, and is due back in Queens Criminal Court on March 5.
- Charges include overdriving animals, torturing and injuring animals, failure to provide sustenance, and driving without a license.
- Bystanders tried to stop the car as it moved for roughly two blocks near 11th Street and 43rd Avenue, then helped officers locate the driver nearby.
- The dogs, Marzipan and Nougat, were treated at the ASPCA in Manhattan for a ruptured eardrum and paw abrasions among other injuries, and Bujor allegedly told investigators he tied them to avoid them defecating in the car as the ASPCA decried the case and noted a recent rise in suspected cruelty intakes.