Dog rescue owner, Deanalyn Reing, convicted of animal cruelty

ALABAMA -- The owner of a Lee County dog rescue business is set to be sentenced on animal cruelty charges.

Deanalyn Reing of Rockford was found guilty of five counts of cruelty to animals and is scheduled to be sentenced Friday. Investigators have said 50-year-old Reing owned Southern Dogs Rescue of Auburn.

Authorities have said about 20 malnourished dogs were found in unsanitary kennels at the business in December 2013.

(ABC 33/40 - Feb 10, 2015)