Call about malnourished dog led to discovery of garbage mound behind "deplorable" home"

[Sugar Cookie]

– Laurens County deputies said a call to a home on Tillbrook Court in Fountain Inn about a malnourished dog tangled up on a chain without access to food or water resulted in two people arrested and the house being condemned.

Deputies said Animal Control initially responded to the home around 1:30 p.m. and found the house in “deplorable conditions” with children living there.

Deputies released a photo showing a mound of trash bags piled up behind the house.

The children were removed from the home and the dog was seized by Animal Control.

Deputies said two adults, Richard Spurgeon and Melanie Strickland, were both arrested without incident and charged with two counts each of cruelty to a child as well as ill treatment of an animal. The home was condemned by Laurens County Building and Codes.

Deputies: House condemned after call about malnourished dog led to discovery of garbage mound behind "deplorable" home

FOUNTAIN INN, SC (FOX Carolina) – Laurens County deputies said a call to a home on Tillbrook Court in Fountain Inn about a malnourished dog tangled up on a chain

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[Sejanus]

Lowlife trash

 

[LateArrival]

I bet that smells Deeelish!!

 

[McDanel]

Poor doggo.

 

[MildlyMedicated]

Bless the beasts & the children