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AR: Bill Stewart (Rushin Bill) Found Dead

Discussion in 'Pit Bull News' started by Vicki, Mar 5, 2010.

  1. Vicki

    Vicki Administrator Staff Member

    Known dogfighter commits suicide after cops find drugs

    Reported by: David Goins
    Email: dgoins@fox16.com
    Last Update: 6:54 pm

    A grass fire leads to a major drug bust, a suicide and possibly more.
    White County detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a homeowner connected to drugs.

    Marijuana worth $124,000 was found along with more than 40 guns. Moments after deputies discovered it, the homeowner shot himself.

    A fire broke out at Bill Stewart, 60, rural home Thursday afternoon. That’s when crews found pit bulls, a fighting ring and several marijuana plants growing inside his shed.

    When White County narcotics detectives showed up with a warrant, they found Stewart had just committed suicide.

    “It was an eye opener because most of the time you find people who are growing marijuana and dealing in marijuana, to be this well armed," detective Brandon Grimes says. "When you walk into the residence and there are guns strategically located throughout the house, when you have guns in the bathroom, in the laundry room, in each bedroom, guns outside of each door and then you start noticing the window blinds. There were squares cut in the blinds that can be used for ether observation or to fire a rifle or pistol out of.”

    Sources say Stewart is considered a godfather of dog fighting and went by the name Rushin Bull in the violent dogfighting underworld. He even edited and published an underground publication called Pit Bull Reporter.

    One of the reasons police may not have know about what was going on is a relative isolation of the property. From the road you can’t see anything.

    “To find out this person is also the editor and publisher of a dog fighting magazine, it just goes to show you what all it reaches into, really shocking,” Grimes said.

    Two pit bulls were seized from the property Thursday.

    Pit Bull Reporter ceased publication in 2007 following the arrest of NFL player Michael Vick. HSUS representatives say the government began cracking down on the use of the US Postal Service as a means to distribute materials related to dogfighting.


    Video at News Link:
    Known dogfighter commits suicide after cops find drugs - FOX16.com Little Rock, AR
     
  2. Naustroms

    Naustroms CH Dog

    wow, that is a lot of damn weed. RIP Rushin Bill.
     
  3. cheese

    cheese Top Dog

    RIP Rushin Bill
    It wasnt even close to 124k worth
     
  4. CTG

    CTG Big Dog

    rip. that wasnt 124,000 worth of mary jane. 5.5lbs and a couple of plants lol. they marked that 1 up big time. the guy did have some guns but shit i would to if i lived in the sticks.
     
  5. magnoilaotis

    magnoilaotis Top Dog

    R.I.P. Bill. The cop's story sounds fishy. The dog in my avitar was one of his.
     
  6. Corley

    Corley Big Dog

    Man, we lost another legend in the game. R.I.P. RUSHIN BILL
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  7. HighCoastHiker

    HighCoastHiker Top Dog


    Which part?
     
  8. magnoilaotis

    magnoilaotis Top Dog

    It doesn't matter we lost a good dogman who went out of his way to educate others about these dogs. While most were trying to hype themselves and their dogs Bill shot it straight no fluff no fillers. First drive-bye now her breeder what a jacked up week.
     
  9. HighCoastHiker

    HighCoastHiker Top Dog

    By the way, the original report needs a little editing. In the video, Detective Grimes clearly says “It was an eye opener because most of the time you DON'T find people who are growing marijuana and dealing in marijuana, to be this well armed,..."

    Just as with dog people, marijuana people are often incorrectly stereotyped with small, but significant, errors in reporting.
     
  10. HighCoastHiker

    HighCoastHiker Top Dog


    I absolutely hear what you're saying. I was just genuinely interested in what you meant. Besides the whole $125,000.oo fantasy, what struck you as fishy?
     
  11. magnoilaotis

    magnoilaotis Top Dog

    The suicide part.
     
  12. cutt

    cutt CH Dog

    RIP RB.... a gret motivational speaker who loved the breed..I had the honor of speaking with him on sev ocassions..

    Rest in paraside Bill..
     
  13. HighCoastHiker

    HighCoastHiker Top Dog

    Now, I've honestly been spinning that in my head as well.
    But, then I've been thinking that he wouldn't want to hurt officers. He was 60. Regardless of the support he would have gotten form all who appreciated a person who not only knew the score, but worked diligently to keep it clear and known to those who should, the notoriety, as much as the trial and prison sentence would have probably killed him. Even if every single one of the weapons found in his home were perfectly legal, the plants weren't and I guess he knew that as soon as they found out who he was and what he meant to a certain community, he had no chance for a fair count. He chose his own time and way out, I guess. Considering the circumstances, can't say I would expect anything less.

    However,...nervous cops and weapons in plain sight often don't work out. So, you might just have a point.
     
  14. ABK

    ABK Rest In Peace

    If he did commit suicide, he took the weak way out IMO. If you play you should be man enough to pay. Guess he wasn't. If he did take his own life, he chose the cur way out & jumped the wall instead of facing his opponent head on even knowing you might lose. How ironic. JMHO on that though. Very sad either way. It's sad when anyone takes their own life. Sad for the death itself & sad the way they do it. :(

    Blessings ...
     
  15. magnoilaotis

    magnoilaotis Top Dog

    ABK you are a class act. It is nice to hear how you honor a Vietnam vet. Some of have lost someone we respected and think highly of. it is little too soon for your self righteous remarks. My deepest sympathies go out to his wife.
     
  16. HighCoastHiker

    HighCoastHiker Top Dog


    He took the cur's way out? Seriously? It was his life. The way I see it, he chose to live and die on his own terms; not being any state's property.
     
  17. HighCoastHiker

    HighCoastHiker Top Dog


    Listen man, people feel and think differently about things. Don't forget, those who walk in perfect shoes are generally unable to appreciate the imperfections of someone else's. There's nothing to be done for that. Just stick to your own rules and your own road. My sympathies also go out to his family.
     
  18. Finkle

    Finkle Big Dog

    Wow apparently 124k dont get you much smoke these days,or just maybe this is another hyped up media version of the truth, none the less condolences to his friends and family death is never easy...
     
  19. dogman82

    dogman82 Pup

    Did anyboy look at da vid of the news report??? I guess the price of weed is sky high or that shit was some stuff from the garden of eden..Anyhow... I hate that whole situation but it does happen.. TRAGIC...TRAGIC INDEED..

    Oh yeah..some folk just have fetishes about shit..PORN...DOGS...CARS...GUNS.. just cause he had alot doesnt mean shit.. If he was a rich aristocrat with all of em they would call him a collecter but when you poor and have that many you scum, a terriost or watever new age slang they comin up wit...once again TRAGIC.....
     
  20. yoel

    yoel Big Dog

    Im calling bullshit!
     

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