Andrea Rosebrock 
On October 11 when the burned and mutilated remains of a pitbull were found behind an abandoned home on Prospect Street in Amsterdam, NY, the entire neighborhood was shocked and disturbed.
The dog’s remains were found wrapped in sweaters then stuffed in a plastic bag and dumped behind the vacant home at 82 Prospect Street.
“We found that it had some paws severed. The tail had been severed. And there were several parts of its torso that appeared to have been burned with something like a blow torch,” said Sergeant Patrick Miller of the Amsterdam Police Department.
At the time, police said that had a ‘person of interest’ but that this person could not be found. We now he’s been found and identified as Orlando Rodriguez, 21 of 84 Prospect Street, right next to the abandoned house where he dumped his dog.
A neighbor said that Rodriguez regularly walked the dog until about two weeks before the dog’s remains were found when it just suddenly disappeared.
His excuse? Police say Rodriguez told them he mutilated the dog because he was upset that it had died after he failed to take it to a vet.
What??
Rodriguez was charged Tuesday with cruelty to animals, a misdemeanor, and improper disposal of an animal, a violation. He was sent to the Montgomery County jail in lieu of $2,000 bail or $4,000 bond.
This guy has got some serious problems! He’s got a sick dog, he refuses to get care for it and according to him, the dog dies. So he mutilates and burns it?? There is something very, very wrong here! He needs some help, in a serious way!
Next step! Can we throw some serious lighter fluid on this guy? Then throw a match on him?
What a sick POS!!
Sometimes you just gotta wonder what makes these people tick!
Pit BUll prob made him feel REAL MACHO!
Put this sick BASt— in a cell and throw the key away!!
He is a waste most likely never did a good thing in his life he should do the rigth thing and jump in front of a train he even looks like the devil him self ……
misdemeanor!!!!! these bastards SO piss me off…
i agree with both of u, Jeffrey n Marcy.
each day i take a deep breath n sign into this site~part of me just wants w unsubscribe but another part tells me that I CANNOT!!!! even if i’m only a witness 2 the horror that these dogs have gone thru i must stay. some days i just take a peek n have 2 sign back out~only 2 sign back in later in the day.
The necropsy results need to be looked at here. Did the mutilation happen pre or post-mortem?
WELL DUH WHAT DID THIS SCUMB BAG EXPECT TO HAPPEN WHEN HIS DOG GOT SICK & HE DIDN’T TAKE IT TO A VET????? THEN TO TO ALL THAT TO IT BECAUSE IT DIED DUE TO YOUR STUPIDITY. THIS GUY NEEDS SOME SERIOUS HELP.
As usual, it is a pit bull that is abused. This is due to the amount of losers that have ben able to gain custody of them. Shelters need to be extra careful who they adopt these dogs to and make sure that they are sterilized. This is becomint intolerable and something must be done about it even it means less pit bulls!! They suffer more than any ther breed.
Does anyone have info so that we can send a letter to the DA, etc to ask for maximum punishment for this loser? I don’t see much info in the article. I did write a letter for another case locally here and it seemed to help…I hope someday all people realize that hurting a dog is no different than hurting a person. They have feelings, feel pain and fear and loneliness exactly the same as we do, and it’s so unfair when they are abused – it’s actually worse than hurting a person because a dog cannot understand that the person hurting them is wrong – they think they did something wrong. So heartbreaking…
@Debbie Hubbard – I haven’t been able to get any info as of yet to send letters. Will see if I can find anything out and post it if I do.
I’M FROM AMSTERDAM IN THE OL DAYS ,LIKE500 YEARS AGO AND NOW LIVE IN TX. I CAN’T EVEN WATCH THOSE “SPORTSMAN” SHOWS OF KILLERS SHOOTING DEER AND BEARS. TO THE PUERTO IN THAT PIC, I COULD DO THE SAME TO HIM WITH NO QUALMS.