STATEN ISLAND: Prosecutors Say A Man Kept Two Dozen Huskies In Squalid Trailers On A Fenced-Off Lot

STATEN ISLAND (RICMOND COUNTY) NY: Members of the New York City Sheriff’s Office rescued the dogs late in July, and this week, Staten Island prosecutors unveiled a grand jury indictment of Victor Quinteros, 54, on an array of animal cruelty and other charges.

The Sheriff’s Office came calling with a search warrant on July 29, looking to get to Quinteros’ property at the lot on Van Duzer St. near Swan St. in Tompkinsville.

Right away, they saw five Huskies on the loose, running in the lot, according to Staten Island D.A. Michael McMahon.

When they opened the first of two trailers, 10 more Huskies ran out the door, looking for food and drinking from a small children’s pool filled with dirty, foul-smelling water — the dogs’ only water source, prosecutors allege.

The only food available was in large, white buckets that crawled with maggots, prosecutors said.

Under the trailer, sheriffs’ officers found an adult Husky, seven live puppies and one that had died. Inside, the trailer was covered in urine and fecal matter, prosecutors said.

The sheriffs found two more adult Huskies in a second trailer, prosecutors said.

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