AR-News: (US OR) Pleas reduce animal neglect sentence

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StatesmanJournal.com

Two women get probation for poor treatment of horses at their farm.

JODY LAWRENCE-TURNER
Statesman Journal
April 13, 2004

Two West Salem women facing multiple neglect charges for poor care of their 
farm animals received a deferred sentence Monday in Polk County Circuit Court 
by pleading guilty to three counts of animal neglect.

LeeAnn Lucas, 46, and Gail Solberg, 45, were placed on three years of 
probation, and the remaining 17 counts of animal neglect against them were dismissed, 
said Tim Park, a Polk County deputy district attorney.

Four llamas and 19 horses were taken from their farm Jan. 21 at 3415 Oak 
Knoll Road NW. That was three days after authorities found a stallion dead in a 
muddy corral.

A veterinarian who evaluated the horses after they were seized found several 
of them to be malnourished and underweight. One horse had a leg injury and one 
was pregnant.



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http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=78576 
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