PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — One person was arrested and another could be facing charges after more than a dozen dogs were found malnourished and two were found dead in Putnam County.
Deputies executed a search warrant Friday at a home in the 4000 block of Grandview Ridge Road in the Buffalo area after a visit by animal control.
The sheriff’s office said they found 20 dogs on the property, two of which were dead. A gun was also found during the search.
Edward Parsons is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Deputies said he also had an unrelated warrant out of Kanawha County.
The sheriff’s office said a woman is expected to be charged in relation to the dogs.
All of the living dogs were seized.
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