Xavier McGrapth, 25, of Versailles, Ky., has been sentenced to 25 days’ home incarceration in an animal cruelty case that left two dozen horses in various stages of neglect and two dead. On June 22, Bourbon County District Judge Mary Jane Phelps handed down the sentence in the case, which included 13 counts of second-degree animal cruelty.
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Amanda Scarsella said McGrapth starved five horses she boarded with him; a sixth is still unaccounted for
A Kentucky boarding operations owner is the subject of a criminal complaint in Bourbon County, Ky., alleging 13 counts of animal cruelty in the second degree after horses in his care were found starving. Xavier McGrapth has not yet been arrested on the charges, which arose out of a neglect investigation by county and state officials that began in late March.
Animal cruelty in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor in Kentucky.
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