An award of more than $16,000 is being offered for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons who threw two dogs from a moving vehicle.
Two beagle mix dogs were thrown from a moving vehicle on Interstate 81 in Cortland County and State Police are hoping for leads to track down those responsible.
Son of Sam, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and the Columbine High School shooters are among the infamous criminals who had a history of hurting animals before they went on to target humans, a tendency that's part of what's behind a movement to create public online registries of known animal abusers.
The New York State Police arrested 65 year-old, Joanne M. Armstrong and 55 year-old, Leroy S. Burnham, and charged them both with 68 counts each of Animal Cruelty charges.