A Ramsey County judge on Tuesday sentenced a St. Paul man to three years of probation after he pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty in the killing of a puppy on June 23, 2024. Under the plea deal, a one-year jail sentence will remain on the books but is stayed for the three-year probationary period, and the conviction can be reduced to a misdemeanor if he completes probation and meets the county’s treatment requirements.
Probation Terms, Treatment Court And Defendant’s Statement
Thirty-year-old Tyler John Van Lannen was ordered to submit to random testing for alcohol and controlled substances and to fully comply with Ramsey County’s mental health treatment court as conditions of his probation. Appearing for sentencing via Zoom from an inpatient…..