University of Mississippi official and her husband are indicted on animal cruelty charges

The College of Mississippi’s vice chancellor for pupil affairs is on depart.

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The College of Mississippi’s vice chancellor for pupil affairs is on depart from her job after she and her husband have been indicted on animal cruelty costs.

Charlotte Pegues and Terry Pegues have been served indictments Monday on 10 counts of aggravated animal cruelty and 10 counts of easy animal cruelty, court docket information present.

Charlotte Pegues is free on $75,000 bond, Lafayette County Sheriff Joey East informed WTVA-TV.

Court docket information confirmed no bond info for Terry Pegues, who was arrested in early August on 10 counts of animal cruelty — one rely for every animal discovered useless on the couple’s residence exterior of Oxford. East mentioned 20 different animals have been rescued from the positioning.

The indictment in opposition to the couple describes canines discovered starved to demise on their property, one residing bulldog combine “with rib bones and hip bones seen by pores and skin” and different residing canines discovered chained or “confined in a merciless method in a cage.”

Charlotte Pegues just isn’t responsible “and we’ll aggressively defend in opposition to these costs,” her lawyer, Graham Carner, mentioned in an announcement.

“So as to not be a distraction to the College she loves and that has cherished her, Dr. Pegues can be taking a interval of non-public depart,” Carner mentioned. “She asks for privateness as she works to protect her good title.”

The Related Press left a message Thursday for Terry Pegues’ lawyer, Tremarcus Rosemon.