TROY – A Campbell Avenue couple was arrested in an animal hoarding case in December when 101 animals were rescued from their house, city police said Friday.

David R. Hempstead and Michele Hempstead of 92 Campbell Ave. were charged with 17 misdemeanor counts of injuring an animal under the state Agriculture and Markets law, according to the Rensselaer County District Attorney's Office. Michele Hempstead also was charged with two counts related to the sale of diseased animals.