Animal cruelty charge sent to grand jury
BY MILLIE ROTHROCK | Staff A grand jury will decide if an animal cruelty case that involves the death of a dog will head to Circuit Court. The debate during Mondayâs preliminary hearing was whether the case against Harold Dunford of Austinville should be a misdemeanor or a felony. The key word in the charge against him was the word âmalicious,â which makes the charge a Class 6 felony, the least serious felony in Virginia. It is punishable by jail time of one to five years and/or a $2,500 fine. Prosecutor Terri Bowles argued that by not seeking help for the obviously...
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