GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. – A Genesee County couple was charged after more than 90 living and dead dogs were found in their home last month, and now both are in custody.

Kim Mitchell Shires, 65, and Brenda Marie Shires, 61, of Flint Township, were each charged with one count of abandoning/cruelty to 25 or more animals, a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison; one count of killing/torturing animals, a felony punishable by up to four years in prison; and a misdemeanor for failing to properly dispose of dead animals, which carries a minimum 30-day jail sentence.

Officials said Kim was found hiding at a hotel in Indiana and arrested on Monday, March 16. He is currently lodged there and is awaiting extradition to Genesee County to face charges.

On Thursday, March 12, Flint Township detectives asked Grand Rapids police to check an address for Brenda, and in under an hour, she was found and taken into custody. Brenda was transferred and lodged at the Genesee County Jail.

She was arraigned on March 13, and a judge set her bond at $150,000.

The charges stem from a complaint that Genesee County Animal Control received in February.

They were told that a home on Elms Road in Flint Township had more than dozens of dogs on the property, including some that were dead.

When officers and animal control searched the home on Tuesday, Feb. 17, they allegedly rescued 65 dogs and four cats, while an additional 26 dogs and one cat were found dead.

Officers said the floors of the home were covered in waste, and the smell of urine and feces burned their eyes and made it hard to breathe.

Dead dogs were found inside trash bags near the front door “as if they were garbage waiting to be taken out,” according to police.

Court records show the Shireses were involved in a similar case in Tennessee, where they previously lived.

In that case, officials reported more than a dozen animals kept in poor condition and said that four dead animals were discovered in a deep freezer.

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An overnight shooting on the northeast side of Indianapolis sent two people to the hospital, police said.

Around 1:15 a.m. Tuesday, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a report of two people shot at an apartment complex in the 4500 block of Flats Way. That’s a residential area near the intersection of 46th Street and Keystone Avenue.

Officers arrived and found one victim. That person was taken to Eskenazi Health.

A short time later, officers learned that another person was dropped off at IU Health Methodist Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest.

Investigators did not give a condition for either victim and have not said what may have led to the gunfire.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana announced Monday that they’ve secured prison sentences for 11 convicted felons who illegally possessed firearms.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana, 23 unlawfully held guns were removed from the streets of Indianapolis and Evansville between January and February.

Each prosecution stemmed from separate investigations.

“When we remove firearms from people with violent criminal histories, we are preventing future shootings, protecting families, and strengthening the safety of every neighborhood in this district. These convictions send a clear message: if you are a prohibited person and you pick up a gun, federal prison will follow,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana Tom Wood said in a release.

According to the release, these cases part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

The following people were convicted:

• 33-year-old Lanel Wimberly of Evansville.
• 46-year-old Christopher Jackson of Indianapolis.
• 32-year-old Zachary Daniels of Indianapolis.
• 56-year-old Darrin Powell of Evansville.
• 21-year-old James Montgomery Jr. of Indianapolis.
• 32-year-old Anthony Bricest of Jeffersonville.
• 31-year-old Jake Fucks of Evansville.
• 27-year-old Antonio Harrell of Evansville.
• 24-year-old Cornelius Cooper III of Carlisle.
• 40-year-old Samuel Paige of Indianapolis.
• 45-year-old Thomas Kirsch of Reed, Ky.