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Cops: Medford woman charged with neglect of 4 dogs

'Axel' is one of four dogs that, police

'Axel' is one of four dogs that, police say, were neglected by Donna Mungo, 46, of Medford. / Handout Photo

When a Medford woman brought an emaciated dog to the Brookhaven Animal Shelter and claimed it was a stray, there apparently was something about the dog she didn't know, Suffolk police said Thursday.

A Coram pet store had embedded a microchip beneath the skin of the dog, Axel, when it sold the 1-year-old Rhodesian ridgeback to the woman, Donna Mungo. She was charged Wednesday with torturing...

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