A Virginia grand jury has indicted a farm operator, her daughter, and her son in connection with the seizure of 40 horses in Nottoway County earlier this year.

In February, the Nattoway County Sheriff’s Department seized 40 allegedly maltreated horses from a farm operated by Robin Vince and her daughter Rhiannan Vitiello. Four horse carcasses were also found in the property. The women were each charged with 40 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty for the live horses and four counts of felony animal cruelty for each of the dead horses.

Nottoway County Commonwealth Attorney Terry Royall said the felony charges were placed because both women had been convicted of animal cruelty during the past five years.

“Robin Vince was convicted of one count of misdemeanor animal cruelty in Nottoway County in 2014, and Rhiannan Vitiello was convicted of four counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty in Charles City County in 2012,” Royall said in a written statement