Dog-fighting Neenah, WI (US) Incident Date: Thursday, Jun 30, 2005 County: Winnebago Local Map: available Disposition: Alleged Charges: Felony CTA Alleged: » Jeremy Clarke » Jeffrey Langley Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

Case ID: 6567 Classification: Fighting Animal: dog (pit-bull) View more cases in WI (US) Login to Watch this Case

A plea hearing is scheduled December 15, 2005 for Jeremy Clarke, 19, in Winnebago County Circuit Court on one count of instigating a fight between animals.

The criminal complaint states that Clarke and 28-year-old Jeffrey Langley of Neenah organized a fight between two pit bulls at Langley's Neenah apartment in July 2005. Langley will appear in court for a preliminary hearing on the same charge next month.

Neenah police began investigating the incident after receiving a tip that the fight occurred, and some local children may have witnessed it, according to criminal complaints. The children told police that they went to Langley's house to look at some puppies before Clarke brought over his pit bull. They were seated in the kitchen of the apartment before the fight. One dog was leashed. One wasn't. One of the dogs was scratched and left bloody by the fight, the complaint states. Six adults were watching. The children said the dogs fought for about 15 minutes.

When approached by police, Clarke denied that the dogfight was arranged or that any betting took place. One of the children told police that someone at the apartment asked to have the dogs broken up, but was ignored, complaints state.

Clarke faces a maximum prison sentence of three years and six months if convicted of the felony.
Langley faces an additional four years if convicted as a repeat felony offender.

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Green Bay Press Gazette - December 15, 2005

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