Saturday, October 31, 2009 By Jennifer Dailey

SALEM – Nearly a year after several animals were rescued from a dog-fighting ring in Penns Grove home last November, Khalil Spikes was officially sentenced for his role in the incident Friday.
Spikes will serve five years probation and pay restitution of more than $9,000 as part of a plea deal reached in September.
Spikes, 29, now of Sheffield Drive in Willingboro, had previously pleaded guilty to a third-degree count of allowing a place for dog-fighting in September. He was sentenced Friday morning in state Superior Court in Salem