Bell County, KY woman charged with animal cruelty after abandoning box of kittens on roadside

Pineville woman charged with animal cruelty

A Pineville woman has been charged with cruelty to animals, second degree, for allegedly leaving a box of kittens on the side of the road. According to a release from the Bell County Sheriff’s Department, Deputy Samson Churchwell received a message on Facebook from a woman about cats being left on the side of Belcher Road in the Arjay community inside a box on Tuesday, July 15, at approximately 3:49 a.m. Pictures of the kittens had been posted o…

Pineville woman charged with 2nd-degree animal cruelty after kittens found in box on roadside

A woman in Bell County was arrested on Wednesday and charged with second-degree animal cruelty after police report that she allegedly left a box of kittens on the side of the road.The Bell County Sheriff's Office detailed that at around 3:50 p.m. on Tuesday, a deputy received a Facebook message from a woman regarding a box of cats that were reportedly left on the roadside on Belcher Road.Officials added that a photo of the boxed kittens were pos…

Bell County, KY woman charged with animal cruelty after abandoning box of kittens on roadside

Jessica Belcher is charged with second-degree animal cruelty after kittens were found abandoned in a box bearing her address.

Bell County woman charged with animal cruelty after kittens abandoned in box

PINEVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — A Bell County woman is facing animal cruelty charges after deputies say she abandoned several kittens in a box along Belcher Road. According to a Facebook post by the Bell County Sheriff’s Department, a deputy was alerted early Tuesday morning by a woman who messaged him about kittens left inside a box on the roadside in the Arjay community. The woman had seen photos posted by a man who found the box while on hi…