A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER ANIMAL CONTROL DEPUTIES RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT ABOUT SEVERAL HORSES IN EXTREMELY POOR CONDITION. 64 YEAR OLD C.A. WORLEY OF SALTVILLE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN, WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED THEY FOUND FIVE HORSES INCLUDING TWO STALLIONS, TWO MARES, AND A COLT, THAT HAD NOT RECEIVED PROPER CARE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE HORSES WERE REPORTEDLY MALNOURISHED AND HAD SORES AND OTHER INJURIES. THEY HAVE BEEN SEIZED BY ANIMAL CONTROL DEPUTIES. THE ANIMALS WERE TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL LIVESTOCK MARKET, CHECKED BY A VETERINARIAN, AND HOUSED AT THE LIVESTOCK MARKET WHERE THEY ARE BEING CARED FOR. ANIMAL CRUELTY IS A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE UP TO 25-HUNDRED DOLLARS AND NOT MORE THAN TWELVE MONTHS IN JAIL ON EACH CHARGE. WORLEY IS SET TO BE ARRAIGNED ON JULY 20TH IN WASHINGTON COUNTY GENERAL DISTRICT COURT.