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Stantons sentenced for animal cruelty
Couple reaches plea deal
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Rob Nunley photo Sidney Stanton and Arvilla Stanton are sworn in alongside attorney Brent Keeton before entering a plea agreement Wednesday in Circuit Court.
A local couple accused of multiple counts of animal cruelty entered a plea agreement Wednesday. Appearing before Judge Bart Stanley in Circuit Court, Sidney Smith Stanton, III and Arvilla Joyce Stanton pleaded guilty to three counts each of animal cruelty, a Class A misdemeanor.