(KNZA)--A Hoyt man convicted on animal cruelty charges will spend 30 days in jail and must pay more than $100,000 in restitution.

Frank Johnson was sentenced last week in Jackson County District Court after he was found guilty in April of two counts of animal cruelty following a two-day bench trial.

Johnson was given a suspended one-year jail sentence on the charges and placed on two-years probation.  As part of the terms of his probation, he was ordered to serve 30 days in the Jackson County Jail, beginning May 27.

In addition, The Holton Recorder reports Johnson was ordered to pay $118,000 in restitution to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to cover the cost of caring for 45 horses that were seized from his property in two separate incidents in July and November of last year.

District Judge Jeff Elder also ordered Johnson “not to care for any animals other than one dog or one cat” during the probation period.  

Johnson was original found guilty on 45 counts of cruelty to animals in February and placed on two years probation.

He appealed his conviction and a motion for a new trial was granted, with the charges amended to two counts of animal cruelty.