The Nueces County Sheriff's Office arrested a man on animal cruelty charges Thursday morning.
Joseph Adams was indicted on charges of cruelty to a non-livestock animal and attack on an assistance animal-causes death.
Officials have not released the circumstances surrounding the animals' deaths.
The 57-year-old man was being held on a $20,000 bond; he has bonded out.
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