A Pennsylvania farm owner who fled the country in 2024 was brought back to the United States and faces more than 100 counts of animal cruelty charges in what animal advocates are calling the largest case of farm animal cruelty in county history.

The Bucks County District Attorney's Office identified the farm owner as Abigail Tuttle O'Keeffe, who was extradited to the U.S. from Belize and handed over to Newtown Township police Friday night.

The investigation into O'Keeffe began after more than 100 animals were seized from a farm in Newtown in August 2024, the Bucks County SPCA said, following multiple reports of sick and dying animals.

CBS News Philadelphia previously reported the animals were taken from the Narrow Way Farm on Worthington Mill Road. The farm, which had held "sip a

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