MARION COUNTY, MS (WDAM)- Around 9 a.m. Thursday morning, Columbia police received a call from Marion General Hospital about a domestic altercation at the facility.

Within minutes, the police and sheriff's department were on scene, and they said an immediate threat was apparent. A person was taken into custody, and a device later discovered.

"During the investigation officers determined that there was possibly a device of some type located here at the hospital," said Columbia Police Chief Clint McMurry

Fidel Sendra, M.D., has joined the medical staff at Wesley Medical Center. Dr. Sednra received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He completed residencies at Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven, CT, University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL, and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ.

MARION COUNTY, MS (WDAM)- Patrick LeJuene, 50, of Smith Hill Road in Marion County has been charged with felony animal cruelty following Wednesdays raid at his home to remove neglected animals.

He was charge with a felony after Marion County authorities determined the neglect was an egregious act with malicious intent.

More than 200 neglected animals, many of them dead, were discovered living in filth, with no access to clean water or food. Some were kept in cages or enclosures, while others were found roaming the several acre property.