The operator of a nonprofit animal rescue was charged Thursday with more than a dozen counts of animal abuse in Newport Beach.
Priscilla Martin, 36, who operates Canine Paws Rescue, was charged with three felony counts of cruelty to animals, 11 counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals and a misdemeanor count of putting an animal carcass on a road.
She was accused of the animal abuse on July 4 and July 12, according to the criminal complaint…