DAYTON, Ohio -- There are new developments in the case of a couple arrested after a dead animal is found in their home, and more than a dozen others found living in horrible conditions, authorities said.

News Center 7 has learned that the couple is out of jail and all charges have been dropped because of an issue over law codes used to file charges.

Police said more than a dozen dogs and cats from Terry Street in Dayton and all of them were neglected.

Dr. Kelly Meyer said, “Most of them do not interact well with people.”

Authorities said on Wednesday they arrested the animal’s owners Jerry Welch and Charmion Borton. Prosecutors charged them with felony animal cruelty, but later withdrew the allegations.

Mark Kumpf, Montgomery County Animal Resource Center Director, said, “As we were in the process of filing those warrants we found a possible problem with the actual statute code itself.

Authorities said since it is a problem that can’t be addressed until next week; Welch and Borton are no longer behind bars.