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A Florida mother was charged with child and animal neglect after allegedly leaving her teenager and seven dogs in "deplorable" living conditions while vacationing in Las Vegas for two weeks, authorities allege

Deputies found emaciated dogs without food or water and four inches of feces inside Jessica Copeland's home on Monday, Aug. 4

The teenager claimed to investigators that the living conditions had been that way "for years"

A Florida mother was arrested after authorities allege she left her child and seven dogs living in a feces-strewn home for two weeks while she vacationed in Las Vegas.

Jessica Copeland, 37, was booked into the Putnam County Jail on one count of child neglect, three counts of felony animal neglect and four counts of misdemeanor animal neglect on Tues

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