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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrenceville, PA) A woman from Pittsburgh is getting charges of animal cruelty after police confirmed she left her dogs in the extreme heat outside for two days, which caused them to get heat stroke. Thirty-eight-year-old Christine Crowther is being charged with animal neglect and aggravated animal cruelty. On Tuesday afternoon, police went to 44th Street in Lawrenceville during an extreme heat warning. Both dogs had no shelter and investigators confirmed 90-degree heat that day.