Yonkers woman pleads guilty in dog-abandonment case

Anita Martin, 60, of Yonkers pleaded guilty in Westchester County Court on Oct. 14, 2026, to misdemeanors related to injuring an animal, failing to provide proper sustenance and abandoning an animal. Her sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 13, 2027.

The reported abandonment occurred at a Yonkers cemetery on Nov. 21, 2025. News 12, citing court documents, reported that the dog had a severe neck wound. The Journal News reported that Martin called the dog Lucky and that the judge referred to him as “Lucky aka Frankie”; the names referred to the same dog.

News accounts describe expected plea terms of three years of probation, 20 hours of community service, restitution and registration on the Animal Abuse Registry. Those reported terms have not yet been imposed as a sentence. The court is scheduled to sentence Martin on Jan. 13, 2027.