Crimes Nearby: Owner Left Pit Bulls Chained to Tree, Cited for Animal Neglect

A Deer Park woman has been cited for animal neglect after police say she left her two "severely emaciated" pit bulls chained to a tree in her backyard. 

According to police, First Precinct officer James Johnson responded to 61 Lincoln Avenue on Sunday after a 911 caller reported that the pit bulls were being neglected. 

When Johnson arrived, he found the two dogs, Nina and Papa, severely emaciated and chained to a tree in the yard, police said. 

The dogs' owner, Sharon Martinez, 55, who lives at the Lincoln Avenue home, was issued a field appearance ticket Wednesday morning for severe animal neglect, a class A misdemeanor under the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, police said.

A Port Washington man was seriously injured in single car crash Wednesday night on the Sunken Meadow Parkway in Commack and a Northport man is charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, according to a Newsday report.

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New York State troopers didn’t have to travel far to process a man they say was drunk at the wheel Tuesday night.

That's because they found him sleeping in a running car at about 11:45 p.m. outside of the police barracks in Brentwood, according to state police.

Juan Molina, 39, of Bay Shore, who is now facing a DWI charge, was parked in a visitor space with car headlights on and engine running, according to police.