SALEM, Ohio — The owner of the former Pure Gold Stables is facing multiple criminal charges stemming from the discovery of four dead horses on the property in Salem last October. In Columbiana County Municipal Court on May 8, the State of Ohio charged Heather J. Birkmire, of Lisbon, Ohio, with five counts of cruelty to animals and four counts of violating rules governing the disposition of dead or destroyed animals. As a condition of her bond, w…
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