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A city man was given a suspended sentence in the killing of a 5-month-old puppy after he pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony count of animal cruelty.

Still, William Farnsworth, 32, was led away in handcuffs from a Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District court because he also pleaded guilty to possession of more than five grams of fentanyl.  That resulted in Judge Amy Messer sentencing him to 1 ½ to 7 years in the New Hampshire State Prison.