SPCA: Merrick Puppy Store owner faces animal cruelty charge
The Puppy Store owner Robert Lawrence, who is facing animal cruelty charges, is brought into Nassau Police headquarters in Mineola on Friday, March 2, 2018. Credit: Howard Schnapp
The Nassau County SPCA said its investigators found a malnourished 6-month-old Labrador retriever caged and unable to stand in the basement of a North Merrick pet store.
The investigators went to The Puppy Store at 1163 Merrick Ave. on Jan. 30 after a complaint, Gary Rogers, spokesman for the Nassau SPCA said.
“We took the dog to a veterinarian and after an examination the owner was charged with failure to provide proper care,” Rogers said.
He said store owner Robert Lawrence, 40, a resident of Woodmere, surrendered Friday morning and would be arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on charges of overdriving an animal, torturing and injuring animals and failing to provide proper sustenance.
A man who answered the phone at the store declined to comment.
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