Nicole and Eric Hulbig were booked into the Montgomery County Jail early Thursday and released on $2,500 bond.
Nicole Hulbig, 29, and Eric Hulbig, 22, were both charged in early June after workers from Bill Mace Homes went to the home they rented at 3300 N. Henderson Way in Clarksville and found four dead, decomposing puppies in two cages and the home in “uninhabitable condition,” according to arrest warrants.
An investigation then led to the discovery of 37 bags of dead dogs at the home of Nicole Hulbig’s mother in Cottontown, where Sumner County animal control officers also seized 39 live dogs in poor condition, including eight so emaciated that she was charged with eight counts of animal cruelty there.
Nicole Hulbig is the founder of RRR Service Dogs and claimed she rescued shelter dogs to train them as service animals for disabled veterans and children. Many animals placed in her care remain unaccounted for and people from across the country fear their dogs died in the Cottontown barn where the 37 bags of remains were found. The dogs in the bags were so decomposed they could not be identified, police say.
The new charges in Montgomery County came after a maintenance crew found the Clarksville home in such deplorable conditions that extensive repair work had to be done.
According to the warrants, Nicole and Eric Hulbig entered into an agreement with Bill Mace Homes on Jan. 2 to rent the North Henderson Way home.
“On June 4, 2014, a maintenance crew entered the home and found it to be in an uninhabitable condition,” Det. Rodney Lifsey of the Clarksville Police Department wrote in the warrant. “Several deceased animals were found within the residence, animal feces was scattered throughout and there was a pungent odor inside the residence. This affiant photographed the home on June 24, 2014, after the carpet was removed. The odor remained in the home, and there was damage to the sub-floor, windows, doors and walls throughout the home. Preliminary estimates to repair the home total $25,225.”
The arrest warrants were issued July 1, and both Hulbigs were arrested just after 2 a.m. Thursday.
No trial date has been set in the aggravated animal cruelty charges in Montgomery County.
Both Hulbigs listed the Cottontown home as their address in the booking and bond records.
(Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Jul 31, 2014)
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