COUPLE FACES TRIAL IN DOG DEATHS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: Associated Press

QUEENSBURY -- A couple accused of letting five sled-dog puppies freeze to death and mistreating more than a dozen others refused a plea bargain and will go to trial Aug. 7.

Warren County Judge John Austin set a trial date in the case of Mark and Lisa Labrecque, who face six felony and 19 misdemeanor animal-cruelty counts for leaving Siberian huskies and Alaskan malamutes outside in temperatures colder than 20 degrees …