Superior Court Magistrate Molly Briles sentenced Martin Haugland, 65, to a year in jail — starting Thursday — on 10 counts of cruelty to an animal.

Haugland, who had pleaded guilty to all 10 counts after initially proclaiming his innocence, served notice of his intent to appeal the sentence. That's also unusual.

EVANSVILLE — For what Vanderburgh County prosecutors called an unusually egregious animal cruelty case, a magistrate judge delivered an unusual sentence on Thursday.

Superior Court Magistrate Molly Briles sentenced Martin Haugland, 65, to a year in jail — starting Thursday — on 10 counts of cruelty to an animal. Haugland could get out in April with credits earned for good behavior.

Haugland, who had pleaded guilty to all 10 counts after initially proclaiming his innocence, serv

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