“The worst I’ve ever seen”

Stroud man charged with mass animal cruelty 

CHANDLER -- An 83-year-old man charged with 408 counts of animal cruelty at a business he operated in Stroud has been ordered by a Lincoln County judge to undergo a mental competency evaluation before he appears in court on July 31.

Jerry Dean Hine of Stroud was arrested on July 15 and held in the Lincoln County Jail on $25,000 bond until July 23 whe…