A Virginia couple will serve six months in jail after pleading guilty to 10 counts of animal cruelty on July 13. The charges stemmed from the 2010 removal of 33 horses from the property owned by Elizabeth Newsome Amos and Robert Amos.

King and Queen County Sheriff’s deputies discovered the animals June 28, 2010, and on June 29, acting on a warrant, law enforcement authorities and personnel from the United States Equine Rescue League (USERL) removed 33 allegedly maltreated horses from the property. The horses were placed in rehabilitative care, said Susan White, Richmond region director of the USERL.

The Amoses later surrendered the removed horses to the USERL and agreed to pay the agency $15,000 for the animals’ care. The couple also agreed to surrender 20 horses remaining on the property or sell them to new owners.

A grand jury in King and Queen County later indicted the pair on 20 counts each of animal cruelty

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