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More than 130 animal cruelty charges have been filed in Nottoway County in connection with the death of four horses and the mistreatment of 40 others, according to the county’s top prosecutor.

The 132 indictments were handed down by a Nottoway County grand jury Tuesday after 40 horses were seized from a farm operated by Robin Vince, a Crewe resident who had the horses on a farm in the 1400 block of West Courthouse Road in Nottoway.

She and her daughter, Rhiannan Vitiello, were each indicted on 40 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty for the 40 seized horses, in addition to four counts of felony animal cruelty for the four dead horses found on the farm property, according to Nottoway Commonwealth’s Attorney Terry J. Royall.

The 40 horses were seized from Vince’s property Feb. 26, Royall wrote in a statement.

“The charges against Vince and Vitiello for the dead horses are felonies because each of them has been convicted within the past five years of animal cruelty,” Royall wrote.

Vince’s son, Edward Peterson Jr., was indicted on 44 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty for the dead and otherwise seized horses.

Locals have made many complaints about Vince’s farm over the years, Royall said.