Huge dogfighting ring broken up in Harris Co., DA says

[douglas9]

Source: Houston Chronicle

State investigators collared one of the largest dogfighting rings in the country Friday, dismantling a sophisticated operation based largely in east Harris County with the grand jury indictments of 55 people.

The network's fights drew large crowds and high-dollar bets, sometimes totaling tens of thousands of dollars for a single match, authorities said.

"Just the sheer number of dogs — and the number of people involved — is really large-scale," Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Lisa Block said. "These were large events with a lot of people in attendance."

After the indictments were issued Friday, officers quickly made eight arrests, even taking a teacher into custody at an Aldine Independent School District alternative campus.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6112617.html

[Doremus]

1. Barbaric.

[mwb970]

2. I assume this dogfighting took place somewhere in the "real America".

It doesn't sound like something we eggheaded "fake Americans" would be interested in.

[and-justice-for-all]

3. Dog fighting just shows those people are cowards...

why don't they get in the ring and have a bare knuckle brawl, instead of forcing those dogs to do the dead?!

FUCKIN' COWARDS!

[Tutonic]

4. Their mothers should be so proud of their cruelty to animals. Lots

of good upbringing in Colorado.

[bitchkitty]

10. Colorado? I thought it was Texas. n/t

[likesmountains 52]

11. Harris Co= Harris County...(Texas) Harris, CO= Colorado..doesn't

really matter where the "good upbringing" happened. There are nasty people in every state.

[Turbineguy]

5. Isn't that

DeLay country?

[jules1962]

6. Punish them to the max allowed

If they need to release people convicted for pot to make room, then so be it. These thugs are cruel and do not deserve to walk the streets of this country. Bastards.

[fed_up_mother]

8. Right next to DeLay country

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. Hey, I have an idea!

Randy Coture works out constantly and always needs humans to tie into pretzels. If they are found guilty, let them serve as practice dummies for Coture.

[SOS]

9. They should bust these rings consistently

One aspect of busting these operations is that the participants often have other arrest warrants.
If the cops are serious about catching criminals, this is a good place to start.

[Omaha Steve]

12. Turn Peta and I loose on convicted fighters

That would be justice.

K&R for Mrs Pynchon's yorkie, stolen from a loving home for fighter training!

[flvegan]

13. Not without me you don't.

And I've got friends that will want in on this. Ugly, unkind friends.

:thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

14. I hate people sometimes.

[sutz12]

15. Funny how this crap always shows up in the Red states...

I know Colorado is "going blue" but it's the home of many of the worst offenders of the Christian Mega-Churches.

[douglas9]

16. Search continues for suspects in Harris dogfight ring(Update 11.15.08)

Details emerging from the investigation into one of the largest dogfighting rings in the country indicate an elaborate underground web involving dozens of people, including some from Latin America.

Authorities already have seized 187 animals from Harris, Montgomery and Tyler counties connected to the operation. As many as 100 people attended the fights, placing bets as high as $1,000 for a single match.

Detailed records kept by those involved should help authorities prosecute the eight people arrested Friday and the 47 other suspects who have been indicted, but not yet arrested.

Charges related to weapons, drugs, theft and stolen property found during the raid will be filed against some suspects. A horse, several snakes, firearms, cocaine and other dangerous drugs were among the items recovered.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6114586.html