SAN ANTONIO -- Authorities seized 15 pit bulls, made two arrests and found two dead dogs who looked like they had been beaten or had been fighting.
Bexar County Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. James Hancock says deputies seized the dead dogs Sunday night in a vacant lot near a home after a neighbor complained of a foul odor.
Twenty-year-old Joe Lee Rice Jr. and 17-year-old Lenee Mayberry were arrested and charged with marijuana possession. Rice indicated he was housesitting, while Mayberry said he was visiting.
Hancock said it wasn’t immediately clear whether they would also face animal cruelty charges.
A Bexar County jail spokeswoman said Mayberry was released Monday on a $3,000 bond. No information was available on Rice.
A third man suspected of abusing the animals hasn’t been found.
