From the office of Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane:
VETERINARIAN ARRAIGNED ON FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS CHARGED FOR ATTEMPTING TO CONCEAL IDENTITY OF MISSING DOG
October 1, 2025 — Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announces that Kimberly A. Parkhill-Brown, 46, of City of Tonawanda, was arraigned yesterday morning before Tonawanda City Court Judge Mark Saltarelli on two counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree (Class E felonies), three counts of Falsifying Business Records in the Second Degree (Class A misdemeanors) and one count of Companion Animal Stealing (unclassified misdemeanor under New York State Agriculture and Markets Law).
It is alleged that on or about Wednesday, July 17, 2024, the victim’s Yorkshire terrier, “Benji,” went missing from her residence in Niagara County. Later the same day, the victim allegedly received a phone call from a veterinarian’s office in the City of Tonawanda, notifying her that “Benji” had been found by another individual who brought the dog into their office to be scanned for a microchip. The victim allegedly received a second call, notifying her that “Benji” was no longer at the office after being discharged to the individuals who brought him in.
The defendant, while working as a veterinarian, is accused of knowingly making false entries into the office’s business records. It is alleged that on July 17, 2024, the defendant allegedly made a false entry in the patient log, with the intent to defraud, by intentionally changing the reason for the visit from “dog found in the woods” to “itchy skin.” The defendant allegedly altered the sex of the dog in the patient log from “male” to “female spayed.”
It is alleged that on Thursday, August 8, 2024, the defendant, while working as a veterinarian, falsified business records with the intent to defraud or aid in the concealment of a crime by changing the patient log entry by altering the name of the dog. It is also alleged that the same day, the defendant unlawfully removed the dog’s microchip, registered to the dog’s lawful owner, and replaced it with another microchip. The defendant is accused of companion animal stealing by removing identification by which the owner may be ascertained from the dog. The defendant allegedly changed the name of the dog again in the patient log on Monday, August 12, 2024.
The dog was later returned to the victim.
Parkhill is scheduled to return on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. for a pre-trial conference. She was released on her own recognizance as the charges are non-qualifying offenses for bail.
If convicted of the highest charge, Parkhill faces up to four years in prison.
DA Keane commends Detective Brett Rogers of the City of Tonawanda Police Department for his work in this investigation as well as Chief Investigator Lindsey Wood of the SPCA Serving Erie County and Investigator Jonathan Bondi of the Niagara County SPCA.
The case is being prosecuted by Chief Gary M. Ertel of the Special Investigations and Prosecutions Bureau.
As are all persons accused of a crime, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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SPCA officers as a result of cruelty investigations, and speaking with the officers emphasizes the importance of the work being done. Visions of nighttime raids, doors being kicked in, and on-the-scene chaos compete with the reality of the investigation and the emotions experienced by cruelty officers when abused animals in appalling conditions are finally found…animals that can be saved by the SPCA, and especially animals who are past the point of being saved.
“On February 3, the SPCA received a call from Homeland Security Investigations,” Wood explained. “That morning, officers had executed a warrant for narcotics at a Marion St. residence, and while they were there, they saw three dogs unproperly cared for, malnourished, with scarring.” As HSI officers arrested five people at the property, SPCA officers worked to obtain their own search warrant, allowing them to enter the property to check on the dogs.
headed to the CBAS and found two dogs there that fit the description of the dogs HSI officers originally found on February 3. The dogs, like the dog rescued from the location, were also in poor condition, emaciated, and severely neglected. HSI officers confirmed that the two dogs were, in fact, the dogs they saw on Marion St.
