Two men have been arrested in connection with a case of starving pit bulls found in Wheeling.

Lonnie Buesing, 34 and Tracy Lee Newton, 43 of Carrollton were arrested over the weekend by Independence police. Buesing and Newton are each charged in Livingston County with two felonies for animal abuse.

This stems from an investigation by the LCSO and Livingston County Humane Society allegedly involving 10 grossly emaciated pit bulls that were located in Wheeling.

Both warrants carried $5,000 cash bond and both men have been extradited from the Jackson County Jail and transferred to the Daviess Dekalb County Regional Jail in lieu of bond.

Even with these arrests the LCSO is continuing with this investigation.