ORANGE COUNTY, Va. — A woman who investigators say owns multiple farms — one where animals were mistreated — has been indicted by a grand jury.
Last October, Orange County, Virginia Sheriff Mark Amos arrested and charged Anne Goland — also known as Anne Shumate Williams — for animal cruelty after finding horses, a donkey, dogs, cats and chickens dead on her Somerset farm.
She faced 27 charges for what Amos called one of the most horrendous sights he has ever seen.
Now, a grand jury in Orange County, west of Fredericksburg, has indicted Goland on 13 felony counts of embezzlement.
The sheriff’s office says the charges stem from an investigation into how Goland was funding farm operations at Peaceable Farm, which was marketed as an animal rescue and horse breeding farm.
Goland was taken into custody in Culpeper County and is being held without bail, the sheriff’s office says in a release.
