A Long Island wildlife rehabilitator was arrested after police rescued a 95-year-old woman and more than 200 neglected animals from squalid and hazardous hoarding conditions in her Northport home, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said Thursday.

Samantha Boyd, 57 was charged with multiple counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty and endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, according to Tierney’s office. Officials said the older woman was allegedly on the second floor in a room confined by debris. Neal Weschler, 61, who is Boyd’s partner, also faces multiple counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty.

Boyd pled not guilty at her arraignment in Suffolk First District Court and was released. She is due back in court on Oct. 16. Boyd did not have a lawyer and could not be

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