Man Sentenced for Death of Goats

A Darlington man has been sentenced after nearly 200 dead goats were found on a southwest Wisconsin farm he oversaw. Kyle Lincicum will serve 15 years in prison and another nine years in jail after he pleaded guilty in December to several animal abuse charges, including intentionally failing to provide food for an animal, and intentionally not disposing of carcasses. The charges came after the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office got a call from the Farm Service Agency in March of last year about the dead goats on a farm in Seymour Township. Lincicum was also ordered to pay the victim of his actions more than $240,000 in restitution. Lincicum’s wife, Stephanie Lincicum was sentenced in January to 18 months in jail and five years’ probation on similar charges to her husband.