LAUDERDALE CO., Ala. (WAFF) – An arrest has been made on Tuesday after over 80 dogs were confiscated from a Lauderdale County home on Jan. 28, officials say.
According to the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office, following an animal cruelty investigation where 82 dogs were seized, a warrant was issued for 71-year-old Teresa Gaye Counce, of Florence.
The sheriff’s office said Counce was arrested after investigators found probable cause that animal cruelty had occurred.
Counce was arrested earlier on Tuesday on 82 counts of Cruelty to Animals (misdemeanor).
She was released from the Lauderdale County Jail on a $41,000 bond.
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