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A Binghamton man is turning down a chance of a lighter sentence for at least some of the animal abuse charges against him.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the Broome County Sheriff's Office say 11 animals have been seized following a complaint of suspected animal neglect in the Town of Sanford.

Officials are looking at a wood-burning stove near one of four buildings on a Whitney Point farm involved in a three alarm fire May 10 as the possible starting point of the massive blaze.