Georgia male arrested for allegedly breeding and education in excess of 100 pit bulls for dog fighting

Police in Georgia have arrested a man for allegedly breeding and schooling 106 pit bulls for doggy battling, according to a news launch.

Vincent Lemark Burrell, 55, was arrested by the Paulding County Sheriff’s Business on Tuesday at his property about 30 miles from Atlanta after a extended investigation for his alleged purpose in the “huge pet combating operation.”

Detectives located unvaccinated pit bulls at the suspect’s home that were still left outside the house for times on end and tied to trees or steel stumps in the ground “using substantial and very weighty logging chains and thick collars.” Some of the pit bulls ended up emaciated whilst other folks have been extremely strong and intense in direction of other canine, according to law enforcement.

There were being also dogs in the suspect’s basement, where by the presence and potent smell of excrement and urine created authorities have to dress in protecting machines to enter the household.

“Problems in which canines ended up currently being housed, the two within and on the exterior of this home, were not in shape for people, much fewer canines,” the sheriff’s office said in the statement.

The canines were taken by authorities to a variety of rescue services.

Burrell was arrested devoid of incident and charged with felony counts of cruelty to animals and dog preventing. He remains at the Paulding County Jail in which he is being held devoid of bond.

It’s not distinct as of Sunday if Burrell has an lawyer.

Paulding County authorities together with the sheriff’s place of work and the marshal’s bureau have secured multiple research warrants for Burrell’s house and are investigating. The sheriff’s workplace is expecting more than a single hundred additional counts from the suspect.

Detectives are inquiring anyone with facts on this case to come forward.

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