MCDONOUGH COUNTY (WGEM) - A McDonough County man was sentenced after entering a plea deal on Sept. 22 for shooting livestock .

Court documents show Oliver B. Hoffman, 19, of Canton, Illinois, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with an expired FOID card and criminal damage to property between $10,000-$100,000.

During the plea, Hoffman admitted to shooting the animals voluntarily.

Hoffman will serve his sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections with a credit of 329 days.

Hoffman is required to pay over $17,000 in fines.

On Oct. 29 at 2:30 p.m., the McDonough County Sheriff’s Office was notified of an animal cruelty case east of Bardolph, Ill., on N. 1450th road.

The complainant told the McDonough County Central Dispatch that they suspected four of their bulls had been

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