A man in Texas will spend decades behind bars after authorities say he drugged and mercilessly beat his girlfriend to death — and then blamed it on his dog.
Kaleb Mickens, 34, was sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty to first-degree aggravated assault related to family violence, the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office announced. The case stems from the death of Sheila Cuevas.
The defendant was also sentenced to 20 years “on a probation revocation” for aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury and 15 years for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Dallas County, the DA’s office added, noting that these charges “were perpetrated against different women with whom he had relationships.”…