His actions were not only illegal but deeply disturbing,” U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley said. The post Hanson man sentenced in ...

In 2021, Murphy was identified discussing dogfighting on recorded calls with a New York-based dogfighting suspect. A ...

It is an extreme form of cruelty to animals — not only inside the fighting ring itself, but also in the specific practices ...

John D. Murphy, 51, pleaded guilty back in November 2024 to nine counts of possessing animals for use in an animal fighting ...

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division's Dog Fighting unit rescued 160 dogs from a raid in Dillion and Marion county, ...

The trial for one of two brothers charged in connection with a dogfighting operation in Smith County has been delayed until ...

U.S. Senators John Kennedy and Cory Booker have sponsored a bill they say would give law enforcement more tools to pursue ...

John D. Murphy, 51, was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison and prohibited from owning pit bulls in the future, ...

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division charged 11 men and rescued 160 dogs following a dogfighting investigation.

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The attorneys for a man accused of operating a Smith County dogfighting ring are requesting a reset from the judge. Kerry Jones, 34, appeared in a Smith County courtroom Thursday ...

A Hanson man was sentenced in Boston federal court on Wednesday, April 9, for keeping numerous mistreated dogs at his home that he used in organized dogfighting, according to the Department of ...

A 51-year-old Hanson man was sentenced in the first federal dogfighting conviction in Massachusetts on Wednesday, officials said. John Murphy was sentenced to one year and one day in prison with ...