(WNY News Now) – TONAWANDA, N.Y. – Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announced that a Tonawanda veterinarian has been arraigned on multiple charges related to allegations of falsifying business records and concealing the identity of a missing Yorkshire terrier.
Kimberly A. Parkhill-Brown, 46, of the City of Tonawanda, appeared in Tonawanda City Court on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, before Judge Mark Saltarelli. She was arraigned 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).
According to prosecutors, the charges stem from an incident that began on July 17, 2024, when the victim’s dog, a Yorkshire terrier named “Benji,” went missing from her Niagara County residence. Later that day, the victim was contacted by a veterinarian’s office in the City of Tonawanda, which reported that “Benji” had been brought in by someone who found the dog. A follow-up call allegedly informed the victim that the dog had been discharged to those individuals.
Parkhill-Brown, while working as a veterinarian, is accused of making false entries in the office’s patient records in an attempt to conceal the dog’s identity. Prosecutors allege she changed the log entry from “dog found in the woods” to “itchy skin,” and altered the dog’s sex listing from “male” to “female spayed.”…