A Pennsylvania man accused of leaving multiple dogs to suffer—one fatally—while traveling abroad has waived his preliminary hearing, allowing the case to move forward to county court, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 22.
Osvaldo Coello-Mendoza, 53, of Lancaster Township, was charged with two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, six counts of cruelty to animals, and 13 counts of neglect of animals, according to Lancaster Township Police and the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
Investigators recovered 10 dogs from Coello-Mendoza’s home in the 1000 block of Sterling Place after responding to reports of fighting animals on the afternoon of April 30, police said. One of the dogs was already dead when officers arrived…