Animal cruelty charges have been filed against two Franklin County residents.

 

Debbie Mandrell and John Hargis are both facing two counts each of aggravated cruelty to animals and cruel treatment to a companion animal.

 

Those companion animals are two horses.

 

According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s office, after reports of animal cruelty, an investigation of the property turned up the remains of two horses in advanced states of decay.