A Rockville woman has been charged with neglect and allowing animals to cause an unsanitary condition for the way in which police say many dogs were held in wire crates in a trash-strewn house.

The neglect charge against Judy Cahill was filed in regards to one of nine flea-ridden dogs that police say Cahill had euthanized before leaving the overgrown home at 2 Foxden Court.

A toenail had grown into the dog's foot pad, which had become infected, and Cahill had not provided needed veterinary care, said Capt. Michael Wahl, head of the Montgomery County Police Department's Animal Services Division.

Also, "keeping the animals in those unsanitary conditions without proper air and space can be an element of neglect," Wahl said.

Cahill's operation — Rescue Inc. — was listed in the phone book under humane societies for many years.

Neighbors had pushed county officials to intervene for more than a decade.

Police said they will seek a court order to prevent Cahill from keeping animals again.

The neglect charge carries a maximum $500 fine, and the unsanitary condition charge a maximum $100 fine.