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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff
(Summit Township, Butler County, Pa.) Pa State Police in Butler are reporting that they have filed charges of Animal Cruelty and Endangering the Welfare of a child against a Summit Township, Butler County Couple after State Police along with two officers from the Beaver County Humane Society and the ANNA Shelter in Erie, Pa. served a search warrant at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at a residence on Saxonburg Road in Summit Township for ongoing animal cruelty.
State Police are reporting that 10 German Shepherd Dogs and 3 cats were seized from the residence of 48-year-old Regina Pruitt and 55-year-old Robert Pruitt. Troopers said that the conditions were so deplorable that they had to wear hazmat suits and breathing apparatuses to conduct the search. It was determined the animals were in poor health. the animals were covered with feces, mites, fleas, and lice.
Butler County CYS was contacted and went to the scene and determined that the house was unlivable. The Summit Township Zoning Officer was contacted and traveled to the scene and immediately condemned the residence due to the terrible conditions.
Both Regina and Robert were placed into State Police custody  and was arraigned before Magistrate Lewis Stoughton on all related animal cruelty and Endangering the Welfare of a Child Charges.