BIG SPRING, Texas (KWTX) - A Big Spring man who pleaded guilty in April to beating, kicking and choking a dog and locking dogs in a car with no open windows or water for hours at a time was placed on deferred probation Wednesday.

Judge Susan Kelly of Waco’s 54 th State District Court sentenced Hunter Thomas Jordan, 21, to deferred probation for eight years, fined him $500 and ordered him to perform 300 hours of community service. The judge also ordered him to take an anger management course and to be handled on the mental health caseload while on probation.

The judge also allowed his probation to be transferred to Howard County since Jordan lives in Big Spring and works at a restaurant there.

Before the sentencing hearing Wednesday, the judge met with prosecutor Duncan Widmann and def

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