GA-Dog ring busted by several agencies

News 12 at 11 o'clock -- January 9, 2010


MIDVILLE, Ga. -- For many dogs, Chuck Simmons is nothing short of a hero.


“I do it because I love animals,” he says. “I love dogs.”
He is the lead investigator with Norred and Associates -- a private group that works to shut down dog fighting rings. The latest bust came Friday morning in Emanuel County.


“They didn't have water, a lot of them didn’t have food,” Simmons says, describing the dogs. “They were chained with logging chains.”
Fourteen dogs were taken from a home on Brown Hall Road in Midville. GBI agents and Emanuel county sheriff's investigators led the arrest, along with members of the drug task force.


Thirty-five year-old Derek Jukes was arrested and charged with fourteen counts of cruelty to animals, one count of dog fighting and a felony charge of aggravated animal cruelty.



“It was 23 or 24 degrees when we got there,” Simmons says. “The dogs were very cold.”


And in recent months, there have been more busts. This makes the second one for Emanuel County. There have been two in Wilkinson County and one in Laurens County, where investigators seized ninety-seven dogs from a single property. Simmons played a role in all of them.
“Dog fighting is an ongoing criminal enterprise,” he says. “We always find evidence linking them together.”


Digging into crime comes naturally to Simmons -- he spent many years as a police investigator.


“The difference is it's not drugs, or money,” he says. “It's live evidence, it's dogs.”


And now he's putting his years of expertise to use protecting man's best friend.


The group was started by Greg Norred in 2008, after the Michael Vick trial. Since then, they've rescued more than four hundred dogs. They receive most of their tips from an anonymous tip line and give a five thousand dollar reward for each tip that leads to an arrest. That number is 1-877-215-2250.


And as for Jukes' fourteen dogs, they're being treated by the Atlanta Humane Society.


Dog ring busted by several agencies, private investigators

 

Re: Dog ring busted by several agencies

The dogs were cold we all are cold downsouth this month. What did this cat do wrong? No food( how many of us always have food under our nose 24/7?). Special interest groups have run amok. Everyone from ar orgs to the society of the to rich to mind my own affairs are running our lives.! How long before they move from saying what we can do in our backyard to telling us what to do in the bedroom. Home of the free?

 

I just want to say Hi Chuck Simmons I know your on here , because someone done told me that you told them you know who they are on here and for Crazy Jack you can see him at the adba shows in ga too!! yap I`m not even going to breed him eather :confused: hes gets food ever day and watered every day too

 

WOW :eek: :eek: :eek:

 

WOW is right! This motherfucker isn't even law enforcement anymore. He is with a private group. Wonder what GA tresspassing laws are about and whats the penalty for shooting ppl that trespass ...Are they able to continue this with the guise of theft under the color of the law? interesting none the less....

 

wow. definitely need to start watching what you say, how you say it and who you privilege information to in such a public setting like this.

I realize we're talking amongst each other but anyone can lurk these boards saving pictures and just about any information they want.

 

I wonder is he impersonating law enforcement or what? Whatever happened to privacy?

 

imo...who in da hell gives these folks da "authority" to do wat they doin???? if we can just start forming groups and hand out our own justice then it needs to be a group againt all these "special interest" groups... they claim to be saving animals when they putting down over 90% of the ones they so call rescue

 

Right. I always get a queezy jerk reaction when ppl say "saved"

 

"protecting mans best friend" LOL theyre well able to look after themselves .its c$nts like him they need protecting from

 

So what they are basically saying is that we should all free feed and have heating units in the dog houses or we are being cruel to them??? do these people own dogs themselves??? if they did then they would know that dogs need to be fed on a schedule.. stupid mothafuckas.

 

Please excuse me for asking this but if he's not law enforcement what law gives a private citizen the right to come on your property and take your property? I believe this is called theft and trespassing? I know I've asked some dumb questions on here before but what happens when someone defends their property from someone stealing it?

 

WTF!!!:eek: That is some crazy shit right there - I suppose my dogs are neglected for about 23 hours and 57 minutes of the day then...

 

HAHA Right...Stupid fuckers just dont get it. If our dogs kept food in there bowls all day long they'd probably eat us outta house and home and themselves into a coma..

 

That's a good question that needs some answers.

 

The problem is they have an organization to back up this bs. The bulldog community needs to have something in place to fight this. It's ridiculous....

 

Yes they are totally out of control!!!!!!

 

chuck simmons? a hero?