Two Severn Teens Charged with Animal Cruelty
Arrests come hours after advocates testify for stiffer penalties for animal cruelty
February 18, 2011
By Andrea F. Siegel, The Baltimore Sun

Two 16-year-olds are facing animal cruelty charges after Anne Arundel County police responded to a call about what appeared to be a dogfight.
Shortly before 5:30 p.m. Thursday, a caller told police that there were about five people watching two dogs fighting in the woods near Athena Lane and Loving Road in Severn, according to a police statement.

Police said that as they arrived, the group scattered, running toward Arwell Court, which is in the Orchards of Severn community. Officers arrested two teenage boys, one of whom was carrying a pit bull puppy by the neck. Police took the dog to a nearby veterinarian.

The staff at the Telegraph Road Animal Hospital named the female puppy Candy and is treating her, with plans to find her a home once she is better.

A second dog was seen running into the woods. Police said they did not find that dog or the other people.

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