Man Gets 60 Days For Staging Dogfights
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A judge fined a Woodson man one-thousand
dollars and ordered him jailed for 60 days after the man pleaded
guilty to staging dog fights.
Prosecutors said 52-year-old Edmond Harris staged the fights
near his home.
In Pulaski County Judge Barry Sims also sentenced Harris to 50
hours of community service and five years` probation. He also said
Harris cannot own any animals, and that his community service
cannot be performed at an animal shelter.
The jail time will be served on weekends.
Deputies seized more than 20 dogs when they arrested Harris on
September seventh. Prosecutors found a makeshift dog ring
surrounded with chairs, and the ground was littered with empty beer
cans.
Inside the ring, two exhausted dogs lay on each other, too tired
to fight.
