Cruelty to animals results in 15-year sentence

One of two defendants in an animal cruelty case entered received a sentence of 15 years following the entry of a guilty plea. Lisa Michelle Barnes entered her plea Feb. 15 in Jones County Superior Court. She was sentenced to five years for each of four counts of aggravated cruelty to animals. Count one is to run concurrently, but the other three counts are to run consecutively for a t...