Puppy Doe suspect may have stolen from elderly woman

The man accused of torturing Puppy Doe, the pit bull whose brutal abuse has garnered worldwide attention, is being held without bail and may face additional charges for allegedly taking at least $50,000 from an elderly woman he was living with in Quincy. Radoslaw Czerkawski, 32, formerly of Quincy, was arraigned Thursday in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham with dozens of Puppy Doe supporters in attendance. Before the arraignment, the group held signs and called for tougher penalties against animal abusers during a makeshift rally in front of the courthouse. One woman was escorted out of the courtroom after she said "He's a scumbag. He should die in jail." The audience erupted in applause when the judge announced Czerkawski would be held without bail. Czerkawski, a native of Poland who is in the U.S. on an expired tourist visa, pleaded innoncent china visa requirements houston to 12 counts of animal cruelty and one charge of misleading police in the case involving Puppy Doe, the name given to the abused pit bull found in Quincy on Aug. 31. The dog had to be destroyed because of her injuries. The judge ordered Czerkawski held without bail because, if he made bail, she said he would likely be deported to Poland by federal officials and would never stand trial in Massachusetts. Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney Tracy Cusick said Czerkawski may be charged for stealing from an elderly Quincy woman he was supposed to be caring for. Cusick said Czerkawski brought the elderly woman, also a native of Poland, to the bank and deposited $100,000 of her money into a shared account. She said he transferred $50,000 of that money into his own account, and also took control china tourist visa application of savings bonds under the woman's name. The woman, in her 90s, died in late August around the same time Puppy Doe was found on Carroll's Lane in Quincy. Police said the woman died of natural causes. Czerkawski, who was previously being held on $500,000 cash bail, faces up to five years in prison on each animal cruelty charge. Investigators said Czerkawski repeatedly abused Puppy Doe, a female dog that was about 1 years old, while he was serving as a caretaker for the elderly woman on Whitwell Street in Quincy. The woman's family had hired Czerkawski to care for her, police said. Investigators said the dog was kept in a small, constrictive living space, was starved and suffered a myriad of injuries including dislocated limbs, bone fractures, a split tongue and a stab wound. Czerkawski was arrested Oct. 28 in Connecticut after Quincy police tracked several leads tracing Puppy Doe's past owners. One of the dog's original owners named her "Kiya," police said.