WARREN A Trumbull County grand jury has indicted two Warren residents on felony cruelty against companion animal charges following the death of a dog named "Baby."

Stephanie Swegan, 54, and Thomas R. Leimkuehler, 43, both of Oak Knoll Avenue SE, were each indicted on one count of cruelty against companion animals, a fifth-degree felony. The indictments were handed up by the grand jury on Wednesday.

The charges stem from an investigation into a dog found in severe distress at the couple's home. According to the Healthy Hearts and Paws Project, a local animal welfare group, the dog was discovered chained in a basement, emaciated and dehydrated, with a ruptured abdominal mass. The dog's condition was so severe it had to be euthanized.

Swegan and Leimkuehler have been free on bond with

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