Corques Lamar Johnson also has a December 14 court date for speeding and expired license charges, court records show.
The charges were filed November 1 after two People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals fieldworkers were delivering free straw bedding to dogs in Halifax County.
According to a statement from the organization, the workers found three deceased dogs at a residence on Medoc Mountain Road. They also found skeletal dogs, one confined in a wood and wire box and another chained to a plastic doghouse. They found decomposed remains in a garbage container and five surviving dogs in urgent need of medical attention, including three which were emaciated.

(More photos may be found at this link)

PETA said in the statement it worked with the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office and animal control to remove the dogs from the property.
A preliminary necropsy report of the three deceased dogs revealed starvation and dehydration as the cause of death.
Of the five survivors, three were severely emaciated and none had access to food or water. One had been kept inside a tiny box, resulting in severely atrophied muscles. Four of them were fostered by PETA, and after spending several days at the group's shelter and receiving medical attention, they were transferred to the Virginia Beach SPCA, where they will receive further rehabilitation.