CRANSTON -- Three small children and seven sick pit bulls were rescued during a drug raid Monday from a home caked in excrement and buzzing with flies.
Cranston narcotics detectives had been investigating Renick Noel Johnson, 27, and Arcangela M. Calamita, 26, for alleged drug-dealing at 59 Preston Drive.
Amid a stench so bad that the detectives needed to wear masks during the search, police found crack cocaine and a bottle of Vicodin, according to a police report.
The seven dogs appeared to be diseased and suffering. Calamita's children, ages 9 and 2, and two-months, were living amid garbage, feces, and maggots, the police said.
Johnson and Calamita were arraigned Tuesday on several felony charges including drugs and child neglect, and ordered held without bail.