A Bangor Township couple will be on probation for the next two years for their leavingseveral cats caged and unattended in the mid summer heat. Bay County District Judge Timothy J. Kelly on Tuesday sentenced Roland T. and Kelli S. Briggs — 48 and 44, respectively — to 24 months of probation, plus $776.18 in fines, costs and restitution. The judge also ordered they only be allowed to own one dog, and that they must provide proof of the dog’s veterinary care. Each Briggs in October pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of cruelty to one animal. In exchange, prosecutors dismissed two-year felony charges of abandonment or cruelty to four to 10 animals. Bay County Animal Control on July 21 received an anonymous call notifying them of animal abuse at the Briggses’ home in the 3100 block of Boy Scout Road. An officer went to the scene and discovered two crates outside the house, one containing four kittens between 3 to 4 months old and the other containing one female cat between 1 and 2 years old, court records show.
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