Inside the dogs' penned area in the kitchen at 151 Butler Lane. Connecticut Judicial Branch Police on Saturday responded to a complaint of a landlord-tenant dispute at the Butler Lane home where the neglect of dogs, and subsequent deaths of three puppies, became part of a criminal investigation that led to felony criminal charges for a 48-year-old woman. Inside the dogs’ penned area in the kitchen at 151 Butler Lane. Connecticut Judicial Branch The dispute at 151 Butler Lane involved parking and locks on the doors, according to New Canaan Police. Tenants at the “South of the Y” neighborhood home, whose testimony helped police secure an arrest warrant charging Catherine Palmer with three counts of cruelty to animals, also are central in an ongoing custody dispute for 12 seized dogs.