KTIV News 4 Live At Five January 15, 2016
Entered a plea deal in the case. The boy pleaded no contest in Stanton County juvenile court. The Stanton County Sheriffs Office arrested the four eighth andninth grade boys in november. Authorities say they were involved in the torture of a cat and an opossum. Former Stanton County sheriffs deputy and Stanton School board member kirk ven pelt has also been charged in the case. He faces animal cruelty charges and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child. According to the Humane Society of the united states, iowa is home to some of the worst puppy mills in the nation. And, as k...