{"id":94560,"date":"2025-07-26T16:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T16:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/94560\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T16:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T16:57:14","slug":"man-accused-of-setting-dog-on-fire-in-new-york-city-after-dragging-it-down-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/94560\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of setting dog on fire in New York City after dragging it down street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                   CBS News Live <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/keyart-newyork-1920x1080.jpg\"   class=\"temp__img\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/live\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-vanity-rewritten=\"true\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>          CBS News New York<\/p>\n<p>          Live<\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New York City Police Department Animal Cruelty Squad is searching for a man who allegedly set a dog on fire after he dragged it down a street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man allegedly ignited the dog in a neighborhood in Queens after pouring an accelerant on it, the NYPD said Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses reported seeing the man dragging a motionless dog at around 4:45 a.m. Thursday near 128th Street and 116th Avenue, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He fled the scene on foot after the animal was set on fire, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Images show man wanted by police\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police released pictures of the man they are looking for. They said he is wanted in connection with an arson.<\/p>\n<p>The man was last seen wearing a maroon sweatshirt with a Polo logo in tan lettering across the chest, gray pants and a light brown MCM backpack, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/copy-of-youtube-thumbnail-17.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"copy-of-youtube-thumbnail-17.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The New York City Police Department Animal Cruelty Squad is searching for a man who allegedly set a dog on fire after he dragged it down a street in Queens on Thursday, July 24, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>                NYPD<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/copy-of-youtube-thumbnail-16.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"copy-of-youtube-thumbnail-16.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The New York City Police Department Animal Cruelty Squad is searching for a man who allegedly set a dog on fire after he dragged it down a street in Queens on Thursday, July 24, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>                NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Police said the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was notified about the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News New York has reached out to the ASPCA for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD&#8217;s Crime Stoppers hotline at\u00a0<strong>1-800-577-TIPS (8477)<\/strong>, or for Spanish,\u00a0<strong>1-888-57-PISTA (74782<\/strong>). You can also submit a tip\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">via their website<\/a>\u00a0or via DM on Twitter,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\n        More from CBS News\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/mark-prussin\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark  Prussin<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Mark Prussin is a digital producer at CBS New York. He covers breaking news, sports, politics and trending stories in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. 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