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Michael Cameron Jones, 31, is accused alongside his brother, Kerry Jones, 34, of Tyler, in a dogfighting operation that was shut down last summer in Smith County. Michael Jones appeared before Judge ...
Smith County Animal Control Supervisor Amber Greene testified before a Texas House of Representatives committee this week to ...
The trial for a Tyler man accused of participating in a dogfighting ring in Smith County will be held after his brother, who is also accused of running the operation.Michael Cameron Jones, 31, and ...
An estimated 40,000 people in the U.S. take part in dogfighting. Aside from its gruesomeness, law enforcement links it to ...
It is an extreme form of cruelty to animals — not only inside the fighting ring itself, but also in the specific practices ...
John D. Murphy, 51, pleaded guilty back in November 2024 to nine counts of possessing animals for use in an animal fighting ...
Michael Johnson was found guilty of 10 counts of animal fighting and eight counts of animal cruelty. His wife, Carolyn ...
John D. Murphy, 51, was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison and prohibited from owning pit bulls in the future, ...
John Murphy, 51, became the first person in Massachusetts to receive a federal sentence for possessing dogs and for ...
A federal judge sentenced a Massachusetts man to a year in prison on charges stemming from his involvement in a dogfighting ...
U.S. Senators John Kennedy and Cory Booker have sponsored a bill they say would give law enforcement more tools to pursue ...