David Parsons, 60, was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals and 18 other related offenses.
A Penn Township man was ordered to serve two years on probation and repay humane agents more than $21,000 in connection with about a dozen malnourished cows that were confiscated from his property in March.
In court this week, Parsons was accepted into the county’s Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition Program for first-time nonviolent offenders, which will allow his criminal record to be expunged once his probation term expires. Prosecutors dismissed 10 related summary offenses. As a condition of the program, Parsons did not plead guilty to the remaining felony count and nine other misdemeanor animal cruelty offenses.
According to court records, humane officers claimed Parsons initially refused to allow the partially buried cow to be euthanized following its rescue and after it was determined the animal was in severe distress. A followup inspection a day later found a group of cows on the property to be malnourished, dehydrated and generally neglected, humane officers said.
Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Scott Mears ordered Parsons pay $21,208 in restitution within 10 days to All But Furgotten of North Huntingdon for care of the confiscated animals.
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