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BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP - A Hubbard couple is facing nearly a dozen felony charges after police say nearly a dozen cats were found abandoned at a home they had been evicted from.

According to a report from Brookfield PD, officers were called to a rental home on the 7800 block of 1st Street in Masury on Monday, December 8, after a man discovered several cats in the home while cleaning it.

Police searched the home, where they found a total of 11 cats, four of which were deceased.

According to the report, police found one deceased cat and four live cats in the upstairs bedroom, all of which appeared to be malnourished to the point where their bones were visible and they could not stand on their own.

In the basement, police say three more deceased cats were found. Two of which appeared to be cannibalized, and the third was found in the furnace and could only be identified by its skull and some of the legs under it.

Police found five more live cats in the basement.

The caller told police the home had previously been occupied by James and Tiffany Daniels, who were evicted about two to three weeks prior.

Jason Cooke of The Healthy Hearts & Paws Project was called to the scene to take the cats. Police say the live cats were taken to a veterinarian in Newton Falls to get checked out.

Cooke later told police that all of the live cats were found to be "extremely emaciated, very weak, covered in blood, flea dirt and dried feces and extremely dehydrated."

"There's no excuse to ever abandon your animals and leave them without water, food, shelter," Cooke said. 

According to the report, Tiffany Daniels was arrested by Brookfield Police on Monday, December 15. She was arraigned on Tuesday and is due back in court on Thursday, December 18. James Daniels has not been arrested yet.

Court records show both are charged with 11 fifth-degree felony counts of prohibitions concerning companion animals.

"Things are changing in Trumbull County," Cooke said, "People are getting charged accordingly. You're seeing more and more felony charges coming about from these cases, so hopefully people are getting the message, and they're going to take care of their animals." 

Cooke said the seven surviving cats are expected to make a full recovery this week and will be released from the animal hospital. 

He told 21 News the cats will be available for adoption through the Healthy Hearts & Paws Project. 

"If you see something, if you smell something, if you hear something, you need to say something," Cooke said.