A Pullman couple pleaded guilty after being charged with animal cruelty when more than a dozen animals were found dead and nine more were found malnourished and neglected inside their residence.
22-year-old Carson Hammer and 20-year-old and Sydney Weston both pleaded guilty to three counts of felony first-degree animal cruelty in Whitman County Superior Court on Friday.
Hammer was sentenced to one month in jail, probation for a year and was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation. He was also ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution owed to the Pullman Police Department and Whitman County Humane Society.
Weston will be sentenced Dec. 9th after undergoing a mental evaluation. (Lewiston Tribune)
