Dozens of dead animals were found last week in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, leading to the arrest of a Marlborough man.
Sturbridge police and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said Wednesday that 96 animals were found dead one week earlier at a piece of property rented by Andrew Sebastiano.
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The animals included pigs, rabbits, chickens, geese and ducks.
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The Marlborough resident was arrested Tuesday, police and the MSPCA said. He was arraigned Wednesday in Dudley District Court on 96 counts of animal cruelty and 96 counts of animal cruelty by custodian, both subsequent offenses.
