Oklahoma man arrested in St. Louis after 4 dogs found dead, 7 critical condition

NOBLE, Okla. (KFOR) — A man from Noble was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, and is facing over a dozen animal cruelty charges.

St. Louis prosecutors charged 38-year-old Robert Peters on Saturday with 16 counts of animal abuse, nine of them being felonies.

On Friday, Peters showed up at a St. Louis crematorium, asking to cremate four dogs. While it’s not uncommon to request a pet to be cremated, staff said it was unusual to show up with that many at the same time, they became suspicious and called the police.

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Police arrived at the scene to Peters in his box truck and asked him to see inside it…

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