STURBRIDGE ― A Marlborough man is facing charges after 96 dead animals – including chickens, geese, pigs, ducks, and rabbits – were discovered at a property he was renting in Sturbridge, according to police and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Andrew Sebastiano appeared in Dudley District Court on Wednesday and was ordered held without bail pending a dangerous hearing on Tuesday, according to a joint press release . He faces 96 charges of animal cruelty, subsequent offense, and 96 charges of animal cruelty by custodian, subsequent offense, the release said.
The release said the dead animals were discovered March 19, weeks after Sebastiano had left the property…