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.
To thank the members of the armed services this Veterans Day, the SPCA Serving Erie County once again offers 
Military ID or DD214 will need to be presented. If an individual is currently serving outside of New York State, that individual’s spouse can adopt during Vets & Pets if a military spouse identification card is presented. Adopters can apply the Vets & Pets waived adoption fee promotion toward a total of two animals.
“I am genuinely grateful for the collaboration Cait has brought to the community through our SPCA,” says SPCA Board Member Hon. Barbara Howe (Ret.). “The number of organizations with which we now work to make Erie County and beyond a better, more compassionate place is increasing every day; Cait’s attitude is inspiring and infectious. Her work is extraordinary, and deeply valued.”
Each adoption includes the animals’ general physicals by SPCA Veterinary Services; spay/neuter surgeries; age-appropriate vaccinations; initial deworming; doses of flea control medicine; Feline Leukemia tests; microchips; temporary identification tags; and a certificate for new pets’ physical examinations at the Niagara Frontier Veterinary Society’s veterinarian of choice.*
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you’ll notice a thin, thread-like spike (for lack of a better word!) at the tip of the eagle’s wings. Barbara Haney tells us that is indicative of the eagle’s status as a first-year eagle born sometime this calendar year, probably February or March. According to the National Eagle Center website, bald eagles fledge at approximately 10 – 14 weeks, which tells us he has not been out of the nest for long.
After receiving the call from Masiello, SPCA Serving Erie County Animal Rescue Team Officers Jennifer Maleskis and Tyler Robertson arrived at the location, retrieved the young bird, and rushed him to the SPCA’s Wildlife Department hospital, where they were met by Wildlife Director Barbara Haney and, within the hour, SPCA Wildlife Veterinarian Dr. Karen Slote.
Dr. Slote was able to provide an initial examination and determined the bird, a first-year bald eagle, has a fractured femur. Further assessment and radiographs this afternoon confirmed a severe fracture.
the supportive care, fluids, and medications it is receiving at the SPCA, Haney says, “…then it’s our hope that, once he is strong and stable, Cornell will accept the bird for surgery. The surgical team at Cornell is much better-suited for this sort of surgery…they perform it much more frequently…and they have the equipment and the pins and the other necessities large enough and strong enough for this extremely large animal.”
This eagle is not the first cared for by the SPCA Serving Erie County Wildlife Department. “Eagles have made quite a comeback in the last 30 years or so,” Haney said, “and we’re starting to see them in all parts of Western New York, the City of Buffalo included. It’s possible this bird became disoriented for what could be one of several reasons, possibly even due to his reflection in the window of the high building, or he may have been in a territorial scuffle with a peregrine falcon, as hypothesized by our contacts at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.”
The SPCA wishes to thank Buffalo Police Detective Costantino, Buffalo Police Officer O’Brien, and Erie County Crime Analyst Masiello for their cooperation, and for contacting our officers when they found the eagle and saw that it was in distress.