Dog owner sentenced in animal abuse case
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Posted: 08/24/2010
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By: Associated Press
MAYFIELD, Ky. - A western Kentucky man will receive jail time on charges he abused dogs in his care.
The Paducah Sun reports Graves Circuit Judge Tim Stark denied Joanal Deberry's request for probation Monday.
Deberry entered an Alford plea last month to 30 animal cruelty charges. With such a plea, a person does not admit guilt but acknowledges enough evidence exists to convict him.
He received a three-year sentence but may only have to serve five months before becoming eligible for parole.
Stark dismissed the same animal cruelty charges against Deberry's wife, Amy Deberry, as part of a plea agreement attorneys negotiated last month.
Authorities found 72 pit bull dogs at Deberry's house in Graves County and another location a couple of miles away. They said many of the dogs were ill-fed and scarred from fighting.
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Information from: The Paducah Sun, http://www.paducahsun.com
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