43-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL WATKINS AND 30-YEAR-OLD WESLEY WILLIAMS, BOTH OF CLARION PLED GUILTY TO ANIMAL CRUELTY ON SEPTEMBER 2^ND AND WERE SET FREE ON $1500 BAIL.  THE CHARGES DATE BACK TO JANUARY 23^RD WHEN TROOPERS FOUND A ONE-YEAR-OLD EMACIATED PITBULL CONFINED IN A CAGE THAT WAS FILLED WITH URINE AND FECES IN A MOTEL ROOM IN MONROE TOWNSHIP WHERE THE COUPLE WAS LIVING. THE DOG WAS TURNED OVER TO THE TRI-COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER FOR TREATMENT OF LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO WASTE AND NAIL GROWTH THAT IMPEDED THE DOG FROM WALKING.  WATKINS AND WILLIAMS ARE SCHEDULED FOR SENTENCING ON OCTOBER 7^TH.