SPRING VALLEY, NY – On March 6, 2021, the Spring Valley Police Department investigated a complaint of a man who allegedly stabbed a resident’s two month old service dog in the neck with a large kitchen knife at the Gesner Gardens Apartment Complex.

The suspect who was known to the puppy’s owner then fled the scene. The puppy was quickly transported to a local animal hospital by its owner where it received numerous stitches to close the wound but survived the attack.

The ensuing investigation resulted in a 32 year old Nanuet man, Steeve Salomon, being charged with Aggravated Cruelty to Animals and Criminal Possession of a Weapon, both of which are felonies. The suspect was already incarcerated at the Rockland County Jail by the time he was charged due to other very recent unrelated criminal matters.