Two men will serve jail and probation time for capturing, kidnapping, and hog-tying three endangered Key deer.
A judge sentenced 19-year-old Erik Yosany Damas Acosta and 23-year-old Tumani Anthony Younge on Thursday and Friday. The two pleaded guilty to numerous felony animal cruelty and wounding an endangered species charges.
Each man will serve six months in jail and three years of probation .
Acosta is currently serving a year in federal prison for federal charges stemming from the Key deer case and will be transferred to Monroe County jail after his federal sentence is complete. He was also ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.
In the federal case, Younge was sentenced to time already served and home confinement.