Woman with two previous animal cruelty convictions arrested again in Warrick County

A woman previously convicted in two other animal cruelty cases was arrested on similar charges again alongside her mother Tuesday in Newburgh.

Shayna Burko, 29, and her mom, 61-year-old Kimberly Burko, have both been preliminarily charged with neglect of a vertebrate animal with a prior conviction, Warrick County Sheriff Mike Wilder said in a news release Wednesday. The charge is a Level 6 felony.

According to the release, sheriff’s detectives and Warrick County Animal Control officers went to a home in the 7700 block of Maeylyn Court to serve a warrant stemming from an animal cruelty complaint…

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