Woman accused of attempted dog poisoning

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- A Cheektowaga, N.Y., woman was arrested and charged with attempting to poison a neighbor's dog.

Police accused Charmaine Twarozek of feeding meatballs laced with rat poison to Roscoe, a German Shepard mix owned by neighbor Sue Anderson, the Buffalo (N.Y.) News reported Tuesday. The dog survived and Twarozek was arrested after a frying pan containing left over ground beef and rat poison was found in the trash in front of her house.

"She's charged with poisoning a dog and with cruelty to animals, misdemeanors under the agriculture and markets law," Cheektowaga Police Capt. John Glascott told the News. "We've seen disputes over barking dogs before but it's unusual to see it go this far."

"We got Roscoe in February, and (Twarozek) has been complaining to the town about him since Memorial Day weekend," Anderson said. "She complained to the dog warden several times. The dog warden investigated, talked to our neighbors and declined to file charges. Our other neighbors told him Roscoe only barks at the mailman or the paperboy, not constantly."