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Case ID: 16500
Classification: Fighting
Animal: dog (pit-bull)
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Monday, Aug 30, 2010

County: Bedford

Charges: Felony CTA
Disposition: Alleged

Alleged:
» Martin W. Laluz
» Daryl C. Klotz, Jr.

Two Pennsylvania men face dogfighting charges in Bedford County after allegedly selling a pit bull and two of its male pups to undercover officers.

Authorities on Monday charged Martin W. Laluz, 39, and Daryl C. Klotz Jr., 20, both of Bethlehem, Pa., with three felony counts each of engaging in the fighting of animals for amusement, sport or gain.

Undercover investigators met with Laluz and Klotz at a Stop In Food Store at 11268 West Lynchburg Salem Turnpike in Montvale and bought the three dogs from them with the understanding that the dogs had been bred to fight, according to a news release from the Bedford County Sheriff's Office.

This is not Laluz' first dog-fighting related arrest. Laluz was one of several men convicted of holding dog fights in the basement of an Allentown, Pennsylvania nightclub back in 2006.

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