Four men in dog fighting prosecution sentenced to prison

https://weartv.com/news/local/four-...-dog-fighting-prosecution-sentenced-to-prison

David Lee Moser, 37, of Waynseboro, TN was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison. The U.S Department of Justice says Moser plead guilty to conspiring with the co-defendants to "violate the dog fighting prohibitions of the federal Animal Welfare Act.

The other three defendants include:

• James “Tommy” Peek, 68, of Milton, Florida, was sentenced on Aug. 10, 2020, to serve 15 months in prison. Peek had pleaded guilty to unlawfully conspiring to violate the dog fighting prohibitions of the federal Animal Welfare Act, delivering a dog to co-defendant Shane Sprague for purposes of having the dog participate in an animal fighting venture, and possessing a dog for purposes of having the dog participate in an animal fighting venture.

• Haley Cook Murph, 25, of Milton, Florida, was sentenced on Aug. 12, 2020, to serve eight months in prison. Murph had pleaded guilty to unlawfully conspiring to violate the dog fighting prohibitions of the federal Animal Welfare Act, traveling to Alabama to purchase a fighting dog from a known dog fighter, and possessing that dog for purposes of using the dog in an animal fighting venture.

• Shane Patrick Sprague, 36, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced on Aug. 13, 2020, to serve 18 months in prison. A jury had convicted Sprague of felony conspiracy to violate the animal fighting prohibitions of the federal Animal Welfare Act.

The DOJ says evidence revealed Sprague arranged dog fights and trafficked in fighting dogs with Moser and others. Moser admitted that he and Sprague agreed to fight their dogs against one another and to prepare a dog for a dog fight, and had discussed concealing evidence that one of Moser’s dogs had killed another dog.

The DOJ adds Peek was one of the suppliers of fighting dogs to the conspiracy and used his reputation as a prominent dog fighter to sell fighting dogs to others around the country.

Murph’s role was that of a makeshift “veterinarian", according to the DOJ. Although Murph at no time possessed a veterinary license, she admitted to offering and performing veterinary and surgical procedures on dogs belonging to members of the conspiracy, treating dogs injured in a dog fight, and surgically removing dogs’ ears, including for the purpose of dog fighting. Two dogs she treated died from their fighting injuries.

 

Damn that freakin sucks!!!

 

If you're going to fight dogs don't do it in the states.

 

Way down South of the Border.