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PRIL 12--A West Virginia man is facing animal cruelty
charges after police raided his pet store and discovered that he allegedly
killed a variety of animals by placing them alive inside a freezer. Aaron
Ashley, 27, is facing the felony rap in connection with "animals being
frozen alive and starved to death," according to the below criminal
complaint filed last week. A search warrant application includes an
inventory of the dead animals found in early-February when cops raided
Ashley's Pets Plus: six kittens, one dog, five mice, one reptile and 10
rats. Ashley reportedly opted to freeze some of the animals in lieu of
paying for medical treatment they needed. The search of Pets Plus, which is
now closed, was triggered when cops received information that "deceased
animals were being kept in freezers on the premises," and, according to a
store employee, that Ashley had been knowingly selling dogs infected with
the deadly Parvo virus. Ashley, pictured above in a photo from his MySpace
page, was booked last week on the animal cruelty rap and is free on $1000
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