65-YEAR-OLD RANDON MILLER OF KNOX WAS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS OF PROBATION EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND STARVING A HORSE.  THE CHARGES WERE MADE AGAINST MILLER LAST JUNE AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONDITION OF THE HORSES ON HIS PROPERTY IN CLARION COUNTY.  OFFICERS FOUND TWO EMACIATED HORSES WITH NO GRASS OR HAY PRESENT.  A VETERINARIAN ALSO FOUND THAT ONE OF THEM HAD PARASITES AND LACKED NECESSARY HOOF CARE.  AS PART OF THE SENTENCING, MILLER ALSO HAD TO GIVE UP OWNERSHIP OF THE ANIMALS.