The former head of Boulder City’s animal shelter was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in jail for needlessly euthanizing her own dog. Mary Jo Frazier pleaded guilty in October to a felony charge of animal cruelty after admitting she killed her dachshund. She previously denied allegations that she euthanized animals for fun at the shelter.
Pittsburgh -- A man was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday for selling videotapes of fighting pit bulls. Robert Stevens, 64, of Pittsville, Va., became the first person sentenced under a 1999 federal animal cruelty law.