A jury found Robert Erickson, owner of a Helena Valley quarter-horse breeding operation, guilty of felony aggravated animal cruelty Wednesday in Lewis and Clark County District Court. Erickson and his two sons, ran a quarter-horse breeding operation that was raided by the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office on June 1. Nearly 60 horses were seized by sheriff’s deputies, a U.S. Forest Service ranger and a Department of Livestock employee. All three men were charged with aggravated animal cruelty.
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