MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A couple who adopted two dogs from MAS last year are facing aggravated animal cruelty charges after police said they found one of the dogs decaying in a cage and the other severely malnourished.
Brian Wilburn, 35, and Gloria McCoy, 24, were both arrested Thursday at their home in the 200 block of Carpenter Street in Binghampton after MAS received an anonymous tip about the dead dog.
When officers arrived at the residence, they found the dead animal outside in a crate and another dog that was emaciated.
An animal control officer also on the scene said the dog had been dead in a cage for at least a week, and the body of the dog had decomposed to the point its body was breaking apart…