There is still some consideration being made over how much a 61-year-old Hutchinson area woman convicted in two animal cruelty cases should have to pay the county for the care of horses they seized from her.
Linda Sue Adams was sentenced to 12-months probation, on a 12-month sentence in a case involving cruelty to animals in these cases, it involved the lack of care of horses in what the state called “on going” conduct since 2009.
Magistrate Judge Randy McEwen set a hearing for September 25 to see if the two sides can come up with a dollar amount on the restitution.
Adams will be before Judge Tim Chambers on Thursday in a civil action filed by the county to try to get a permanent injunction to keep her from having any horses again. As it stands now, she is not allowed to have horses while on probation.
It all came to a head back in April when three dead horses were found on the property and 10 others were said to be starving. The three dead horses were found in various stages of decomposition and others where you could see their rib bones. Once seized and given food, they immediately started to gain weight.
The other cases against Adams occurred in 2009 and 2011. The state had dropped the 2009 case, then refiled it, but with the plea, dropped it again. She’s also on community corrections for an aggravated burglary conviction from 2009.