MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WXIX) – A woman is facing an animal cruelty charge after the discovery of a dead dog.
Arica Mazza is charged with cruelty to a companion animal, according to Middletown court records.
The gruesome discovery was made by a worker who was cleaning out a home on Woodlawn Avenue after the previous tenant, Mazza, moved out, the court documents say.
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It was on Dec. 9, 2025, that an officer said he went to the home after being called about the dead dog in the home’s basement…