🌱 How a Point Township animal cruelty case led to prison time
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- How a Point Township animal cruelty case led to prison time
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• Point Township man sentenced to 5 to 11 years in animal cruelty case (newsitem.com subscription) — A Northumberland County man has been sentenced to between 5 years, 4 months and 11 years in state prison after being convicted of multiple felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges tied to a Point Township home. The case, heard by Northumberland County Judge Michael Toomey, also involved a child endangerment count, underscoring the seriousness of the conditions investigators found. 
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