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INJURIES, BUT HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED. A HIGH POINT MAN, ONE OF FOUR PEOPLE FACING CHARGES IN AN ANIMAL CRUELTY INVESTIGATION. CLOSE TO 100 ANIMALS WERE TAKEN FROM A HOME IN HIGH POINT BACK IN MAY. WXII 12 JOSHUA DAVIS ATTENDED ONE OF THE SUSPECTS FIRST COURT APPEARANCES AND HAS OUR REPORT HERE. 31 YEAR OLD BRANDON NEWMAN IS FACING NINE COUNTS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ONE COUNT OF IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF A DOMESTICATED ANIMAL. IF CONVICTED, HE COULD FACE JUST OVER THREE YEARS IN PRISON. BRANDON NEWMAN APPEARED VIRTUALLY IN GUILFORD COUNTY COURT, REMAINING SILENT AS THE JUDGE AND DA READ THROUGH HIS CHARGES. MONTHS AFTER ANIMAL RESCUE GROUPS RESCUED CLOSE TO 100 ANIMALS, INCLUDING 60 DOGS, FROM A HOME ON PROSPECT STREET. NEWMAN IS ACCUSED OF DEPRIVING A SMALL DOG AND A CAT OF FOOD. THAT IS THE SAME ALLEGATION FOR ALL NINE COUNTS. YOUR HONOR. AS WELL AS THROWING AWAY THE BODY OF ANOTHER DOG THAT THE DEFENDANT DID DISPOSE OF, A DECEASED DOMESTICATED ANIMAL. THAT BEING A SMALL DOG, DUE TO DECOMPOSITION BY THROWING THE ANIMAL IN THE TRASH CAN. NEWMAN AND TWO OTHER DEFENDANTS, 30 YEAR OLD KRISTIN WOOD AND 65 YEAR OLD PAMELA MONTGOMERY, ARE FACING SIMILAR CHARGES. BOTH WOMEN POSTED BOND AND WERE RELEASED FROM JAIL. THERES A WARRANT OUT FOR A FOURTH SUSPECT IN THIS CASE. JUDGE TABITHA HOLLIDAY HAS ORDERED THAT NEWMAN CANT POSSESS ANY MORE PETS AS HIS CASE MOVES FORWARD IN HIGH POINT.