SALISBURY ó Two Salisbury pet shop owners already charged with making their children live in filthy conditions now face drug charges.
David and Angela Lore were each charged Friday afternoon with five counts of drug possession and one count of possessing drug paraphernalia, according to arrest warrants served by the Rowan County Sheriffís Office.
The warrants stem from a March 23 search of the Loresí home on Rockwell Road, the same day the Rowan County Department of Social Services removed the Loresí four children from the home after detectives and a caseworker found two dead snakes, three malnourished dogs, animal feces ground into the carpet and a roach infestation in the house.
The children ó ages 7, 9, 14 and 16 ó are now living with family.
David Lore Jr., 37, and Angela Lore, 35, of 3435 Rockwell Road, were charged in March with four counts of child abuse, four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and three counts of animal cruelty.
In April, David Lore was charged with two counts of felony assault by strangulation.
According to an arrest warrant, Lore reportedly grabbed his son, David Edward Lore III, around the neck, cutting off his airway, between June and August 2009.
On Friday, they were charged with illegally possessing several kinds of prescription pills, a smoking pipe and scales, and a small amount of salvia, a psychedelic herb thatís legal in some states but illegal to possess in North Carolina. They were released after each posted $5,000 bonds.
The couple own a pet store in Salisbury called Pet Place. The business survived the fire that destroyed the Webb Road Flea Market last year and was relocated to South Main Street.