Public defender assigned to horse abuse case

TUSCOLA – A Mattoon woman could be sentenced to up to a year in jail in connection with the death of two horses at a horse training center in rural Douglas County.

Roxanne Smith, 47, who listed an address on the 600 block of Marion Street in Mattoon, was scheduled to appear before Circuit Judge Chris Freese at the Douglas County Courthouse on Tuesday morning.

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