A Copperas Cove man was sentenced last week to a term of deferred adjudication probation and work release after Killeen police said he repeatedly beat a German Shepherd dog last year.
Christopher Scott Sandri, 35, was indicted on Jan. 19, on a third-degree felony charge of cruelty to a non-livestock animal by torture. Bell County court records show that he pleaded guilty to the charge on Sept. 1, in the 264th Judicial District Court.