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Dog-fighting - 6 dogs seized
Sumter, SC (US)

Incident Date: Sunday, Aug 9, 2009
County: Sumter

Charges: Felony CTA
Disposition: Alleged

Alleged:
» Betty Simms
» Willie Davis
» Chedric Jones
» Weldon Jackson
» Tony Mickens
» Christopher Miller
» Milton Gaymon
» Marion Whitney Simms , III
» Shaun Antwan Anderson

Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

Seven people have been arrested after Sumter Deputies broke up an illegal dog fighting ring.

Officials got a tip that there were at least six dogs being fought at 2450 Lisbon Drive in Sumter County, the home of 42-year-old Betty Simms.

When deputies got there and saw the dogs fighting themselves, that's when they say they arrested the following individuals: Simms, 18-year-old Willie Davis, 17-year-old Chedric Jones, 20-year-old Weldon Jackson, 22-year-old Christopher Miller, and 23-year-old Tony Mickens all of Sumter and 21-year-old Milton Gaymon of Pinewood.

All seven have been charged with dog fighting and animal cruelty. Major Larry Florence with the Sumter County Sheriff's Department says there were at least 20 other people there who ran away when deputies arrived and he expects more arrests to come this week.

Officials say six dogs were taken from the home to the Sumter County Animal Shelter. Florence says the dogs were in pretty bad shape and he's not sure that they can be rehabilitated.

He says based on the fact that the floor of the fighting pen had been removed because it was rotting, Florence believes the ring had been going on for quite some time.

After further investigation, deputies found chains, weapons, animal medicine, and 5 marijuana plants valued at $10,000.00 in the residence and wooded area behind it.

All suspects were taken to the Sumter/Lee Regional Detention Center.

Florence says this is the first active dog fighting ring bust his agency has had in the last two or three years. The last one was on Pearsons road and it netted 41 fighting dogs.


Case Updates

Two more men were reportedly charged today in connection with an early Sunday raid at a Lisbon Drive home where dogfighting was alleged to have occurred.

Marion Whitney Simms III, 22, of 2450 Lisbon Drive, was charged with felony dogfighting and six counts of ill treatment to animals; Shaun Antwan Anderson, 24, of American Mobile Home Park, Lot 51, was charged with one count of dogfighting, according to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

Seven people were arrested on Sunday and marijuana plants valued at $10,000 and six pit bulls were seized when deputies acted on a tip and raided Simms' address about 1 a.m.

Today, the sheriff's office said Simms knowingly allowed dogfighting at a place under his control. Anderson, the office said, was present on Sunday with the knowledge dogfighting was taking place. It was unclear when bond hearings would be held for the men.
Source: theitem.com - Aug 13, 2009
Update posted on Aug 14, 2009 - 4:32PM 

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