Brandon Schelin, 27, and Jamie Welch, 28, each face nine counts of animal cruelty and nine counts of confinement of animals without sufficient food or water.
Schelin and Welch were arrested Thursday at their home on Beaverbrook Street, a residential road northeast of Interstate 95 and Fay Boulevard.
The duo were in the process of being evicted, an arrest report shows. A woman checked on the home for the property owner Thursday, found the front door slightly cracked open, walked inside — and called law enforcement.
A deputy arrived and "observed fecal matter across every inch of the floor, dried areas of urine as well as fresh infestation of roaches, maggots and other unidentifiable bugs from the doorway of the residence," she described in the arrest report.
The Siberian huskies — five puppies and two adults — were underweight, dehydrated, flea-infested and had neither food nor water. What's more, the puppies showed signs of advanced anemia.
One lizard, a leopard gecko, was underweight with low stores of fat in its tail. The other, an underweight, dehydrated Savannah monitor, had large scars across its back.
Schelin told a deputy that he and Welch had been away from the home the past eight to 12 days, staying with a friend. He said he had returned home to bring the animals food about five days ago.
An animal control officer declared the home an inhumane living area and took custody of the animals. Schelin and Welch were each released from jail on $9,000 bond. No court dates have been scheduled.
(WTSP 10 News - Oct 7, 2014)
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