Cockfighting - 10 birds found dead
Metomen, WI (US)Incident Date: Tuesday, Apr 15, 2008
County: Fond du Lac
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: Brent J. Boettcher-Langkabel
A 28-year-old Sun Prairie man has been convicted of instigating fights between animals and training in a cockfighting operation.
Brent J. Boettcher-Langkabel will appear in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court on Dec. 8 for sentencing. He faces a maximum penalty of 3-and-a-half years in jail and a fine up to $10,000.
On Aug. 3, 2007, a Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigations special agent purchased cocaine at Boettcher-Langkabel's home in the town of Metomen.
During a conversation about rooster fighting, Boettcher-Langkabel told the officer he made $35,000 on one rooster that won seven fights. Boettcher-Langkabel gave the agent a DVD of rooster fights to see if it interested him, according to the criminal complaint.
On Sept. 13, 2007, the agent contacted Boettcher-Langkabel to purchase drugs and received four publications about cockfighting, the complaint states.
An informant told the agent that Boettcher-Langkabel had traveled to Mexico to attend cockfighting events.
On April 15 of this year, officials with the Lake Winnebago Area MEG Unit executed a search warrant on Boettcher-Langkabel's house and found a barn with at least 10 dead roosters still locked in individual cages, rotted remains of roosters and 10 unidentifiable carcasses, according to the complaint.
Boettcher-Langkabel also pleaded guilty to manufacturing/delivering cocaine, manufacturing/delivering marijuana and maintaining a drug trafficking place. Four other counts involving drugs were dismissed and read into the court record. References
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