It is a case that drew the attention of many after word circulated that more than a dozen dogs, many with mange and near death, were rescued from a home in Herkimer County.
The New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs has been open just over a month and, in that time, has received more than seven thousand calls, of which about three thousand have been classified as "significant incidents." About thirty of them involve allegations of criminal activity.