Thread: NC HISPANIC COCKFIGHTING

73 arrested in cockfighting ring bust

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[quote]By Kathi Keys -- Staff Writer
Posted: 02/01/09 - 10:44:40 am CST

COLERIDGE — The largest cockfighting operation ever uncovered in Randolph County was raided Saturday by the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office.

“I’m not sure, but it could be the biggest ever in North Carolina, too,â€

Individuals in custody were being interviewed Saturday night to determine their citizenship. Many were believed to be in the United States illegally and the sheriff’s office was working with INS and federal authorities to make this determination. Detainers, with no bond, were to be placed against these individuals.

Gee Whiz, Randolph Sherriff Reid is doing a great job

They found more than 100 individuals — men and women, mostly Hispanic, Reid said — at the Riverside Road location. Some of them were believed to be from as far away as Vermont and Texas; most vehicles displayed North Carolina plates.
Officers took 73 people into custody; an estimated 35-40 fled into the nearby woods.

These car owners are spectators

A total of 73 individuals were taken into custody, 130 live birds confiscated and 75 vehicles impounded as a result of the raid

Now thats what I'm Talking about.... take everything they own.. confiscate it, trial, jail time and DEPORTATION

TAKE YOUR 3rd World Hobbies back to your 17th century country and try to work on your humanities while you are in prison

Earlier related post at
http://www.alipac.us/ftopic-144834-0.html

Wait till the MALDEF, La Raza, and LULAC whiners get wind of this.
Boo hoo, you just don't understand our culture, you're seperating good families, hurting hard workers, yadda yadda yadda, Waaa....Waaa...
Lock 'em up and put 'em on the first plane headed south! Ain't it great they're confiscating their cars?

Now this is what I like to hear.

Great news and a job well done by the law enforcement officers.

They have not listed the charged in the newspaper, yet.

Related: http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-144983.html

Were all the immigrants legal status checked? ICE shouldn't you be making sure the police are doing the checking?

Cockfighting raid in N.C. nets 73 arrests

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More than 70 people have been arrested in a cockfighting ring that secretly gathered in central North Carolina to watch a $40,000 tournament so gruesome that one of the roosters splattered blood on the investigators' search warrant, authorities said.

Deputies didn't expect to find so many people crammed into three chicken houses that had been cleaned out to provide hidden parking spaces and a cockfighting pit, Randolph County Sheriff Maynard Reid Jr. said in an interview Monday. Authorities arrested 73 people, ranging in age from 16 to 79, and charged them all with felonies for cockfighting and cruelty to animals.

Reid said several others escaped after fleeing a back door during the raid Saturday afternoon at the site about 15 miles southeast of Asheboro in the center of North Carolina.

"I had no idea it would be this large," Reid said. "I've raided these things before and (if) you get 20 or 25 people, you've got a big crowd. I thought that this was unreal."

He described a grisly scene: About 20 birds were already dead, eliminated early from a deadly tournament. A fight was ongoing when deputies arrived, and one of the combatant roosters jumped up onto the betting table and spattered blood onto a search warrant that investigators were serving, Reid said.

The tournament's grand champion, Reid said, was slated to win $40,000. He named the ringleader as 33-year-old Barry Ritter. Reid said Ritter was charging $25 to watch the event at a facility he owned with his father, who was not among those arrested.

"I think it was used at one time to raise chickens," Reid said. "Now it is being used for cockfighting. They had a rural area. They thought nobody would catch them there. But I think we've sent a message that we will not tolerate this in our county."

The sheriff's office said investigators also seized 73 vehicles, two firearms and cash. They also found cocaine and marijuana at the scene. Much of the crowd was Hispanic, and Reid said authorities were still checking the immigration status of those arrested.

The county's animal control officers took possession of 130 live roosters.

John Goodwin, manager of animal fighting issues for The Humane Society of the United States, said North Carolina still appears to have a large number of cockfighting rings even though the state passed law in 2005 making it a felony. Goodwin visited the state last year to help educate law enforcement personnel about cockfighting rings, and he said similar efforts around the country have increased attention on the rings.

He said the Humane Society is focused on passing felony laws in a number of other states that haven't yet done so.

"If you can win a $40,000 prize, what kind of deterrent is a $200 misdemeanor penalty going to be?" Goodwin said.
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Is the media going to put "On Hold for Immigration" in the "Law Log"?

The public is entitled to know.

http://www.co.randolph.nc.us/sheriff/jailroster.xml

MONTENEGRO PEDRO GUAPO 05/17/74 White/Hispanic Latin Male
Street Address: JACKSONVILLE ST
City/State/Zip: GREENSBORO, NC 27406
Race / Gender: White/Hispanic Latin / Male
Date of Birth: 05/17/74
Height / Weight: 5'07" / 165 lbs.
Jail Housing Location: RANDOLPH COUNTY JAIL
Incarceration Date/Time: 02/01/09 00:08:23

Arrest Date/Time : 01/31/09 13:30:00
Arrest Type : Custody wo/Warrant or Incident
Arrest Agency : RANDOLPH SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Arrest Officer : SAPP, C I
Arrest Location : 5254 RIVERSIDE RD
Offense Date/Time Offense Description Related Incident Court Reference Bail Amount Bail Type
01/31/09 23:59:46 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS 09CR050577 5,000.00 SECURED BOND
01/31/09 23:59:46 COCKFIGHTING 09CR050577