MENOMINEE - A third defendant in an animal torture case in Menominee County was sentenced to 18 to 48 months in prison at the Menominee County courthouse Tuesday. Earlier this year, Chad Meier Jr., 17, of Escanaba, pleaded guilty to three counts of aiding and abetting in killing or torturing an animal. The charges stem from a July 18, 2011, beating of three cattle on a Wilson farm.
Co-defendants Nicholas Michael Leisner, 18, and Peter John Sauve, 18, both of Escanaba, are currently each serving two-to-four-year prison sentences on three counts of killing/torturing an animal.