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| Case ID: 15423 |
| Classification: Fighting |
| Animal: chicken |
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| Judge(s): | James Lane |
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Sunday, Apr 12, 2009
County: PageCharges: Felony Non-CTA
Disposition: Convicted
Defendants/Suspects:
» Shannon Wayne Shifflett
» Anthony Scott Good
» Vincent Eugene Shifflett
» Derek Lane Wright
Case Updates: 3 update(s) available
Page County Sheriff John Thomas has confirmed that an illegal cockfighting ring was raided Sunday night.
He says it happened in at the home of Wayne Shifflett, in the Fleeburg area. Sheriff Thomas says four arrests have been made.
Both live and dead birds were seized, as well as cockfighting paraphernalia. The sheriff's office has not yet released the charges.
Case Updates
| A Shenandoah man who is on probation from a conviction related to a cockfighting operation now faces a mandatory six-month stay in jail following an altercation with sheriff's deputies and a Shenandoah police officer. Vincent Eugene Shifflett, 58, of 2075 Fleeburg Rd., Shenandoah, was arrested on Oct. 6 on a charge of assault and battery of a police officer after he and another man resisted arrest initially on charges of public intoxication. Shifflett was indicted on the assault charge on Nov. 22 by the Page County Grand Jury. He faces a hearing on Feb. 9, 2011, on that charge and on a probation violation charge lodged against him on Oct. 7 by his probation officer. According to court documents, Sgt. C.W. Cubbage of the Shenandoah Police Department was called to a house on 3rd Street in Shenandoah in the late evening hours to respond to a public intoxication complaint. When Cubbage arrived, resident Vickie Bennett alleged that Shifflett had showed up at the house drunk and was beating on the door and making a commotion. Cubbage then spoke with Shifflett and with Robert Bennett in the driveway, and said he could smell the odor of alcohol on both men, who admitted they had "had a few drinks" when he asked if they had been drinking. At this point, according to Cubbage's report, Page County Deputy B.C. Nevitt Jr. and another deputy arrived on the scene and the officers all determined that both Shifflett and Bennett should be put under arrest for intoxication. Shifflett, who initially struggled, was handcuffed first by Cubbage and Nevitt after being "put on the ground," according to Cubbage's report. But Bennett put up more of a fight with all three officers and had to be tasered, the report states. While the officers were handcuffing Bennett, according to the report, Shifflett kicked Deputy Nevitt, resulting in another scuffle in which Shifflett was again "put on the ground." According to court documents, Shifflett was arrested on April 12, 2009, when the Page County Sheriff's Office conducted a raid on a cockfighting operation at his home. A report filed on Nov. 6, 2009, by Deputy Charles B. Sours, states that 26 live chickens were seized in the raid and that three of them died while being kept at the Page County Animal Shelter â€" two from excessive heat and one from "natural disaster" when a reported tornado touched down in Stanley "and lifted one of the cages and dropped it on the chicken." The report states that on Sept. 28, 2009, Shifflett and three other people, identified as Shannon Shifflett, Derek Wright and Anthony Good, relinquished ownership of the chickens to Page County, which sent 10 of them to the Eastern Shore Sanctuary in Vermont. The remaining 13 chickens were euthanized by a local veterinarian. Shifflett was initially charged with engaging in the fighting of animals for amusement, and later pleaded guilty to felony animal abuse (using a device or substance to enhance fighting). According to a report by his probation officer, Christopher F. Mathis, Shifflett was sentenced on Oct. 21, 2009 to three years imprisonment, with two years and 11 months suspended. He was put on probation for two years, to begin Nov. 17, 2009 and to end Nov. 17, 2011. Mathis notes that the terms of Shifflett's probation require that he obey all federal, state and local laws and ordinances, and refrain from using alcohol to the extent that it damages his conduct or employment. The probation report also notes that Shifflett was convicted of public intoxication in May of this year, but given only a verbal reprimand by his probation officer at the time. This time, however, if Shifflett is convicted of assault and battery of a police officer, he faces "a mandatory minimum of six months" incarceration, the report notes. Mathis cites Shifflett's age as making longterm incarceration undesirable, and instead recommends "a short period of incarceration, followed by probation that includes drug and alcohol terms." He also recommends that Shifflett take "an anger management class." |
| Source: dailynews-record.com - Dec 14, 2010 Update posted on Dec 14, 2010 - 7:01PM |
| Four men pleaded guilty to felony cockfighting charges in Page County Circuit Court Wednesday. Judge James Lane sentenced Anthony Scott Good to two months in prison and Vincent Eugene Shifflett a one-month prison term. Two other men, Shannon Wayne Shifflett and Derek Lane Wright, received suspended jail sentences and probation. |
| Source: whsv.com - Oct 21, 2009 Update posted on Dec 14, 2010 - 6:54PM |
| The case against four men accused of participating in a Page County cockfighting ring has been sent to a grand jury. Vincent Eugene Shifflett, Anthony Scott Good and Shannon Wayne Shifflett, all of Elkton, and Derek Lane Wright, of Shenandoah, face charges of felony animal fighting stemming from an April raid at a home, where police confiscated chickens and cockfighting paraphernalia. A judge last week certified the charges against the men. The grand jury is scheduled to meet July 27. |
| Source: WJZ - June 30, 2009 Update posted on Jul 5, 2009 - 7:17PM |
References
- WHSV - April 13, 2009
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