ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Sentencing was postponed Tuesday for an Anchorage woman convicted in an animal cruelty case that included video of her striking her Saint Bernard dog with a shovel, after testimony from character witnesses ran long.
Michelle Anne Appel, 50, was scheduled to be sentenced on a Class A misdemeanor cruelty to animals charge stemming from a March 29 incident near College Drive in the Russian Jack neighborhood.
The defense called several witnesses to speak about Appel’s character, including her foster children, her mother and her biological son, among others…