Other neighbor in horse shootings arrested
NEW BERLIN – The man whose six horses were shot and killed in a neighbor vs. neighbor dispute was arrested himself Thursday.
New York State Police say Joseph Mocco Jr., 68, of 612 Hunts Pond Road, New Berlin, has been charged with one count of unlawfully allowing a breeding animal to roam, a violation of Section 95 of the NYS Agriculture and Markets Law. Troopers say a bull owned by Mocco was found on his neighbor’s property without consent of the land owner.
Earlier this week, state troopers arrested Lauren McMaster, 75, also of Hunts Pond Road, New Berlin, and charged him with six counts each of criminal mischief, a class D felony, and cruelty to animals, a class A misdemeanor. McMaster is accused of fatally shooting six of Mocco’s horses that had wandered onto his property. Police characterized the incidents as an ongoing dispute between neighbors.
“We were called by the defendant on two prior occasions in the last week about the animals on his property,” said State Police Captain James Barnes earlier this week. “We responded to those. At that point we were attempting to mediate the dispute between two property owners. The matter was still unresolved from when this happened.”
Police say McMaster used a 12-gauge shotgun to shoot the horses on his property, though their dead bodies were found at their home on Mocco’s land.
McMaster was arraigned in the Town of Columbus Court Monday and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility. He was subsequently released after posting bail and the matter has been turned over to the county’s district attorney’s office. According to First Assistant District Attorney Stephen Dunshee, the case will be presented to a Chenango County grand jury on May 16.
Mocco was issued an appearance ticket returnable to the Town of New Berlin Court at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
New York State Police say Joseph Mocco Jr., 68, of 612 Hunts Pond Road, New Berlin, has been charged with one count of unlawfully allowing a breeding animal to roam, a violation of Section 95 of the NYS Agriculture and Markets Law. Troopers say a bull owned by Mocco was found on his neighbor’s property without consent of the land owner.
Earlier this week, state troopers arrested Lauren McMaster, 75, also of Hunts Pond Road, New Berlin, and charged him with six counts each of criminal mischief, a class D felony, and cruelty to animals, a class A misdemeanor. McMaster is accused of fatally shooting six of Mocco’s horses that had wandered onto his property. Police characterized the incidents as an ongoing dispute between neighbors.
“We were called by the defendant on two prior occasions in the last week about the animals on his property,” said State Police Captain James Barnes earlier this week. “We responded to those. At that point we were attempting to mediate the dispute between two property owners. The matter was still unresolved from when this happened.”
Police say McMaster used a 12-gauge shotgun to shoot the horses on his property, though their dead bodies were found at their home on Mocco’s land.
McMaster was arraigned in the Town of Columbus Court Monday and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility. He was subsequently released after posting bail and the matter has been turned over to the county’s district attorney’s office. According to First Assistant District Attorney Stephen Dunshee, the case will be presented to a Chenango County grand jury on May 16.
Mocco was issued an appearance ticket returnable to the Town of New Berlin Court at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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