Police find dead dog, several others emaciated in Boston apartment, owner arrested
A man was arrested after police found a dead dog and several emaciated dogs in his Boston apartment, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. 7, officers were called to an apartment on Old Colony Avenue after the suspect reported that one of his dogs, a pit bull named Gwap, died in his cage. The suspect, Lester James, 39, told police that he left his home the afternoon before and returned the next morning to find Gwap dead, and another pit bull with a swollen face. Officers entered the apartment and found one emaciated pit bull chained to a wall with feces and urine stains surrounding him. "Officers found a deceased pit bull named Gwap inside a cage in another room. The deceased dog was laying on its left side in a cage that appeared to be covered in dog vomit and feces.
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Officers did not see any bowls of food or water in the cage and observed a half-broken broomstick inside the cage," the Suffolk DA said in a statement. "Officers located another cage in the same room containing three younger pitbulls, all of which appeared emaciated, surrounded by two empty bowls.
