YORK COUNTY - A Rock Hill couple came home from the happiest place on earth to possibly the unhappiest place.. jail, after Rock Hill police arrested them on Animal abuse charges.
Authorities say Artavian and Ashley Smith left their four dogs without food and water while they were on a Disney vacation. One of those dogs died, so the Smiths are now facing animal cruelty charges.
A neighbor alerted police the Smiths' dogs were in the backyard of their Curtis Street home and appeared to be in distress.
Officers arrived too late for a pit bull, it had already passed away, but did confiscate the other three dogs. Reports described them as 'deathly skinny'.
It’s a scene Steve Stuber at York County animal control sees all too often this time of year.
