TULSA, Okla. (KNWA/KFTA) — A former NFL player and Oklahoma native is facing federal charges after officials seized 190 dogs from an alleged animal fighting venture, according to court documents.

An Oklahoma man was charged with operating the largest dog fighting business ever uncovered by federal authorities. Authorities seized 190 pit bull-type dogs from Leshon Eugene Johnson ...

"Dog fighting is a cruel, blood-thirsty venture, not a legitimate business or sporting activity," said U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Wilson for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Raised in Oklahoma ...

A former NFL running back from Oklahoma has been charged after ... has been charged with possessing 190 pit bull-type dogs for animal fighting, selling, transporting and delivering.

Johnson, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, has been charged with possessing the pit bull-type dogs for use in an animal fighting venture and for selling, transporting, and delivering a dog for use in an ...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (KFOR) – A Broken Arrow man has been charged after 190 dogs were seized as part of a dog fighting and trafficking investigation. According to the United States Department of ...

Investigators allege Johnson ran a dog-fighting operation called “Mal Kant Kennels” in Broken Arrow and Haskell, Oklahoma. Before establishing “Mal Kant Kennels,” Johnson ran another ...

Federal prosecutors have charged a Broken Arrow man and former NFL running back with operating a large-scale dog-fighting ring in Broken Arrow and Haskell, seizing nearly 200 dogs in what the FBI ...

Johnson was charged in 2004 in one of the largest dog fighting busts in Oklahoma. He pleaded guilty to state animal cruelty charges but got a five-year deferred sentence and didn't serve prison time.

TULSA, Okla. (KNWA/KFTA) — An Oklahoma man is facing federal charges after officials seized 190 dogs from an animal fighting venture, according to court documents. Leshon Eugene Johnson ...

Johnson is charged with running at least two dog fighting operations called “Mal Kant Kennels” in Haskell, where he was born, and in his town of Broken Arrow. Johnson previously ran “Krazyside Kennels ...

TULSA, Okla. (KNWA/KFTA) — A former NFL player and Oklahoma native is facing federal charges after officials seized 190 dogs from an alleged animal fighting venture, according to court documents.