MINERSVILLE — Six dozen animals were recently removed from a small home in Beaver County after emergency responders reported finding an elderly woman living in filthy conditions.
On May 24, a Beaver County sheriff’s deputy, along with medical personnel, was dispatched to a home in Minersville for a medical issue, according to a recently unsealed search warrant affidavit. When the deputy arrived at the scene, a fire department member asked if she had Vicks mentholated ointment.
“I asked for what? He then said, ‘To mask the smell of the home,'” the deputy wrote in the affidavit. “When I entered the home I was overwhelmed with the smell of ammonia. The smell was so strong I couldn’t catch my breath and my eyes began to water.”
The deputy also reported seeing multiple cats, some with “obvious health issues,” walking throughout the house.
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Written by PAT REAVY, KSL.com.
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