Almost 200 animals rescued from puppy mill

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BRICK, N.J. (CBS) -- Two radical successful Ocean County were arrested for carnal cruelty and kid endangerment Friday night, constabulary say. Officers responded to a location successful Ocean County pursuing an anonymous ailment astir a imaginable puppy mill.

When officers arrived they rescued astir 200 animals, but for astatine slightest 2 dogs assistance was excessively late.

Police successful Brick, New Jersey were astatine a location connected Arrowhead Park Drive connected Friday astatine 7:30 p.m. wherever they were met by the residents, 49-year-old Aimee Lonczak and 58-year-old Michele Nycz.

During the archetypal interview, officers could odor a beardown carnal odor coming from the house. They were permitted to participate the location wherever they were met by an abundance of neglected animals.

Inside, determination were dogs and cats successful crates stacked up connected apical of each other.

Police called for assistance from the hazmat squad arsenic the location was covered successful feces. That is besides erstwhile they recovered 2 dormant dogs wrong the house.

It took rescuers astir 10 hours to region each animals who were sent to a fig of country shelters.

A responding veterinarian besides sent astatine slightest 8 animals for exigency veterinary care.

Further probe besides revealed that a 16-year-old teenager, Lonczak's daughter, was surviving successful the house. Lonczak and Nycz were arrested for carnal cruelty and kid endangerment.

The probe is ongoing and further charges whitethorn beryllium filed.