TOLEDO — A woman has been sentenced to prison after setting two puppies on fire in Ohio last year.
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Aaliiah Phillips was sentenced to one year and one day in prison after pleading guilty in June to one count each of animal crushing and distribution of a controlled substance, according to CBS affiliate WTOL in Toledo.
She also must serve three years of supervised release.
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Police said Phillips threw two American bulldog puppies into a fire she started in July 2023 and had also distributed substances containing fentanyl, WTVG TV in Toledo reports.
The dogs’ owner was told she threw the puppies into a fire.
He showed officers the puppies. who were dead and severely burned.
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