June 3, 2025

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced that Benjamin Tyler, 40, of New Milford, Conn., pleaded guilty yesterday to Aggravated Cruelty to Animals, an unclassified felony, for killing and dismembering an English bulldog named Bruno.

On or about Dec. 6, 2024, Tyler strangled Bruno, a pure-bred English bulldog, to death at the New Rochelle residence of Bruno’s guardian, a longtime acquaintance of the defendant with whom he had been staying. Tyler proceeded to dismember Bruno and strewed various pieces of his carcass around New Rochelle.

He is expected to be sentenced by Westchester County Court Judge James McCarty on Sept. 8 to one year in jail.
  
DA Cacace said: “The defendant’s conduct in this case is sickening beyond comprehension. He will soon have time to reflect on the depravity of his actions from the Westchester County Jail. Cruelty to animals will never be tolerated under my administration.”

The investigation was conducted by the New Rochelle Police Department with the assistance of SPCA Westchester.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Mary Ann Liebowitz.

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