Guilty Plea In Killing, Burning Of A Dog

GREENBURGH, NY — A homeless man who is fugitive from North Carolina and Utah said in court he killed the dog of daughter of a Greenburgh man. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. said Thursday that Ian De Los Reyes, 34, who has no known address, pleaded guilty to killing a black Labrador retriever whose remains were found burned in a Greenburgh backyard in July.

De Los Reyes had been indicted in August and charged with aggravated cruelty to animals and tampering with physical evidence, felonies.

The judge accepted his plea and sentenced him to eight months in Westchester County Jail on each count. The sentences will run concurrently.

De Los Reyes was arrested July 13 along with another man, Danilo Tolentino, after officers found the charred remains of a dog in Tolentino's backyard and evidence of the dog's killing inside the house.

Tolentino reported the death of the dog to police that morning.

Police said De Los Reyes stabbed and killed the dog and then proceeded to burn the dog's body in a fire pit the night of July 12.

The dog belonged to Tolentino's daughter who did not live at the residence.

De Los Reyes is a fugitive from North Carolina and Utah where charges are pending, authorities said.

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