EVANSVILLE — The death of a dog and the near-starvation of another marked the beginning of a grisly animal abuse investigation that ended Wednesday night with the arrests of four people and the rescue of more than two dozen cats and dogs.
Joshua Binkley and Shelia Jones each face more than two-dozen counts of animal cruelty with torture, neglect and abandonment alongside Jones’ parents, Shirley Martin and Timothy Martin.
Binkley, Jones and the Martins, all of whom reportedly lived together in a house trailer on Evansville’s East Side, are being held at the Vanderburgh County jail on $5,400 cash bonds, according to court records…