Three Catoosa County men have pleaded guilty and were sentenced on charges relating to a dog fighting ring, authorities said.
Two of the men were charged with multiple counts of cruelty to animals. Another was jailed on a parole violation after appearing in court.
Sentenced Tuesday were Buford Lamar Green, 25; Ronald Lamar Kilgore, Jr., 21; and Donald Lamar Kilgore, 22.
Green pleaded guilty to 10 counts of cruelty to animals and one count of interfering with an officer. Magistrate Mike Helton sentenced him to 30 days in jail and he will not be allowed to have any animals for 30 years. Donald Kilgore pleaded guilty to 10 counts of cruelty to animals and one count of failure to restrain an animal. He got 180 days in jail, 60 months of probation without animals and was fined $3,030. He also will have to pay the county $542.92 for a veterinarian bill.
Ronald Kilgore pleaded guilty to one charge of obstruction and received a 36-month suspended sentence. But he was taken to jail on a parole violation and was told he would not be able to own animals for 36 months.
Catoosa County Animal Control Director Chris Clark said his staff had been working on the case since last summer. The three men had been fighting dogs in Georgia and Tennessee, he said.
Clark said he knew of others in Catoosa County who are fighting dogs and is determined to stop them.
"There are several others we are looking at and will continue to look at," he said. "Sooner or later, if they're doing this, we will find them." Neighborhood MapFor more information about the Interactive Animal Cruelty Maps, see the map notes.
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