RUBICON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) A Port Hope man has pleaded guilty to two violations of dog laws after his two pit bulls escaped and killed a herd of sheep in Michigan's rural Thumb region.

The Bay City Times reports Friday that 25-year-old Matthew Leese pleaded last week to having a stray dog and unli- censed dog. Huron County Prosecutor Timothy Rutkowski said Leese agreed to pay restitution and put the dogs down.

Leese's pit bulls killed more than 20 sheep June 3 that were being boarded on a farm in Rubicon Township, about 70 miles northeast of Saginaw.

Leese is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 3.