Former Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Terrence Cody was convicted Monday of nine misdemeanors in a case involving the death of a dog he owned.
Judge Judith C. Ensor of the Baltimore County Circuit Court convicted Cody of charges including aggravated animal cruelty and neglect, illegal possession and neglect of an alligator and possession of marijuana.
Prosecutors argued that Cody and his girlfriend, Kourtney J. Kelley, had neglected the dog, a Canary mastiff, until it starved to death over the course of about a month.
Cody, 27, could face up to three years in jail but did avoid conviction on two felony charges.