Cory W. Dewberry was sentenced to 360 days in jail after he pleaded guilty on Oct. 29 to two counts of animal cruelty, a second-degree misdemeanor. Judge David A. Trimmer then suspended the sentence, put Dewberry on five years of probation and ordered him to pay a $300 fine and have a mental-health evaluation. Dewberry is prohibited from owning an animal or running an animal-related business for five years.
Trimmer also sentenced him to 180 days in jail, suspended, and fined him $150 after he pleaded guilty to one count of abandoning animals, a first-degree misdemeanor.
Dewberry, 39, entered the pleas as part of a negotiated deal.
“I think he got off pretty light,” said county Humane Agency Officer Bill Huffman.
Dewberry was originally charged with 55 animal-cruelty counts and 15 animal-abandonment counts.
Huffman and deputies found dogs in filthy kennels without water when they raided the Dewberry Family K-9 Kennel in March. Dewberry operated the business from a rented home and land where he lived at 9280 Carroll-Northern Rd. in Liberty Township. He moved in with family in Columbus after authorities shut down the kennel.
(Columbus Dispatch - Nov 8, 2013)
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