History

Convicted: Neglect & Dog Fighting of 15 pit bull dogs
Sep 27, 2002 - Wadsworth, IL (US)
Sentence: June 5, 2004 -- LAKE COUNTY -- Both father and son were sentenced to community service and ordered to pay $9,000 to Lake County Animal Control after pleading guilty Friday to cruelty to animals for staging dogfights.

Jason Mitsias, 29, and Arthur Mitsias, 61, of the 500 block of Ridge Circle, Streamwood, were charged in September 2002 with nine counts of animal cruelty. Jason Mitsias also was charged with possession of equipment for dog fighting. All charges were misdemeanors.

Notes:
Mitsias was wanted on a fugitive warrant but in April 2003 he was arrested.