NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A man who was accused last year of running a Brooklyn puppy mill is facing 23 new counts of animal abuse after police found an emaciated dog and several puppies in the back of his car in Queens, police said.
Ramon Service, 27, was arrested Saturday afternoon when the NYPD pulled him over in Rego Park after noticing his car with a loud exhaust heading southbound on Woodhaven Boulevard.
During the stop, officers observed the dogs in a container without access to food, water or adequate space, according to police.
"This is my dog," Service told the officer, according to the criminal complaint obtained by the Daily News. "She's skinny because she just had babies."
The NYPD's 104th Precinct tweeted images of the "malnourished mother" and her seven puppies.
The dogs were taken to an animal hospital for treatment, according to the complaint, and a veterinarian discovered that all seven pups had diarrhea.
Service was charged with unreasonable noise; eight counts of torturing, injuring or failing to feed an animal; eight counts of neglect of an impounded animal; and seven counts of carrying an animal in a cruel manner.
The Pennsylvania resident was accused in 2021 of operating a puppy mill in an East Flatbush apartment and attacking the landlords for reporting the alleged animal abuse.
Kennisha Gilbert told the outlet that Service and his brothers beat her and Roderick Charles as retaliation for Gilbert's nearly yearlong appeal to authorities about the situation.
Service was charged at the time with gang assault, menacing, neglect of an impounded animal and torturing, injuring or failing to feed dogs and other crimes.
Gilbert added that prosecutors appeared to have then dropped the case. The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office told the paper Monday that it had no available records related to the case.
"This is why he's yet again doing this," Gilbert said. "This is not going to stop until someone does something about it. He should not be allowed to own any animal ever again."
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