GREENE – The Brooklyn man from whom 76 Pomeranians were seized in October will get three years probation and pay $5,000 in restitution to the Chenango County SPCA as a result of a plea agreement reached between his legal counsel and the District Attorney’s office.

Yesterday in the Town of Greene Court, Steven W. Fong, 57, entered a plea of guilty to one count of animal cruelty before Judge Dante Acunto, “in full satisfaction” of the charges against him pursuant to that agreement.

According to Acunto, the deal includes the provision that Fong may own one dog “pending approval of (his) probation officer.”

“I think it was a good resolution for the community and a good resolution for the defendant,” said District Attorney Joe McBride following the hearing.

During the proceeding, Acunto also vacated the Jan. 9 ruling in which he attempted to overturn the Oct. 28 order of Oxford Town Justice John Weidman which caused Fong to forfeit ownership of the dogs as a result of a civil petition filed by the SPCA.