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.

"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 ...

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 ...

A former professional football player living in Oklahoma made his first court appearance last week after a 2024 raid allegedly revealed he was operating a dog fighting ring. According to the U.S ...

The dogs, all pit bull-type canines, were seized in October as part of a criminal probe of Broken Arrow resident LeShon ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

March 25 (UPI) --A former NFL player in Oklahoma was accused of allegedly running a large-scale dog fighting and trafficking business with nearly 200 dogs seized in a sting. LeShon Eugene Johnson ...

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) — 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.