Woman Accused In Fawn's Beating Death Sentenced

By: Associated Press | NBC4i.com
Published: October 02, 2009

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EUCLID, Ohio - A 76-year-old Ohio woman who was accused of killing a baby deer with a shovel has been sentenced to 80 hours of community service.

Dorothy Richardson of the Cleveland suburb of Euclid pleaded no contest Thursday to one misdemeanor count of animal abuse and was found guilty by a municipal court judge, who also ordered Richardson to pay a $500 fine.

Richardson said she became frightened when she saw the fawn in her garden on June 15 and had meant to shoo it away with the shovel.

Earlier, she pleaded not guilty to two animal abuse counts. One charge was dropped in exchange for her new, no contest plea.

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