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Police find deceased dogs tied up behind house
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — By the time deputies arrived Dec. 16 at a home on Thickety Fork Road, the report was already grim: dogs tied behind the house, no longer alive, left unseen and unreported for days, possibly weeks. Law enforcement arrested Phillip D. Butcher, 73, of Inez, on a charge of
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Sheriff cites man for cruelty to animals
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT LOVELY — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk has cited a man for second-degree cruelty to animals after receiving a complaint that the man had a dog on a chain with no food or water. Kirk says Gary Lee Costas, 37, of Lovely, had multiple animals, including dogs, rabbits, chickens and ducks. “Officers
