Molly Marie Cate, 26, of 40 Hephzibah Church Road, Crouse, did “intentionally injure and torment” several horses kept on her property.
The horses – some of which were called Mr. Citrus and EZ – did not have enough food causing them to be thin and severely underweight, according to a warrant affidavit signed by Animal Control Officer Z.N. Thornburg.
She also failed to “float the teeth” of the horses, which refers to a process of filing down a horses teeth, according to warrants.
Cate was booked into Gaston County Jail Wednesday and was released after posting $26,000 bail Thursday morning.
(Crime in Charlotte - February 6, 2014)
