 On Saturday mornings it's not uncommon to see dogs, cats or other various animals for sale or trade here at the stock market in Johnson County. But this past Saturday morning a few people saw something so upsetting it led them to call the police. And that led a Johnson County deputy all the way to Elliott County. These pictures were taken of Randy Bentley as he loaded several dogs into the trunk of his vehicle Saturday afternoon. Police were called but by the time a deputy arrived Bentley was gone. Johnson County's Animal Control Officer Deputy Terry Tussie began following leads and located Randy Bentley on Sunday in Elliott County. Bentley was arrested by the Kentucky State Police on unrelated charges and that's when Deputy Tussie saw the dogs. The dogs were sick, emaciated, coughing. A lot of the dogs did not have any shelter. Several dogs had two foot chains around trees and that was it. Deputy Tussie worked late into the night with several animal rescue groups to remove 20 dogs from the property. Randy Bentley was lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville on warrants from another county but refused to cooperate in this case. He would not sign a voluntary waiver to waive his rights to the animals. As of right now the dogs are pretty much in a hold pattern. Animal rescue groups are taking care of the dogs. They're footing the bill for any medical treatments that has to be done for the dogs. Because this case started in one county and ended in another, it's a little complicated but everyone involved has agreed to work together. I'm in process now of continuing investigating and getting written statements from everybody and then I'll present it to our county attorney and hopefully pursue charges here. Elliott County has to pursue the charges over there. EKB News will continue to follow this story and bring you updates on any charges filed in either Elliott or Johnson County. Reporting in Paintsville for EKB News, I'm Shannon Deskins.