| November 13, 2007: Two men charged with arranging, conducting or using a dog to fight after law enforcement found a pit bull suffering from lacerations in St. Inigoes, St. Mary’s County. |
November 6, 2007: A raid on Go Hard Kennels in Prince Georges County, MD led to the seizure of 11 dogs suspected of fighting and one man charged.
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| October 30, 2007: A search warrant was executed in Baltimore leading to the seizure of 5 dogs and the discovery of a dogfighting pit. |
September, 2007: Baltimore City creates a Dogfighting Task Force.
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| September 7, 2007: In Severna Park, MD 2 people were arrested, 5 pit bulls and $3,500 worth of crack cocaine were seized in a dogfighting raid. |
| August 17, 2007: In Baltimore City, MD, a raid on a suspected drug dealer yielded a stash of cocaine, heroine, marijuana, a loaded revolved and 2 pit bulls, weights, chains, and other equipment used to train dogs for fighting. |
| July, 2007: Baltimore City, MD, police found 3 pit bulls, including a puppy whose ears were cropped to nubs, a woman was keeping for a 17 year old boy in exchange for drugs. Neighbors reported the dogs were used for fighting. |
June 14, 2007: 113 gamefowl were impounded on the property at a gamefowl farm in Prince George’s County, MD. An old cockfighting pit, as well as cockfighting paraphernalia, was found on the scene.
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June, 2007: In Baltimore City, MD, police find 5 malnourished pit bulls in a pitch black basement with fighting scars. The residents of the house are also wanted in connection with armed carjacking and shooting.
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May 15, 2007: In Baltimore City, MD a dog was found tied to a tree in Patterson Park with over 100 bite wounds and three broken bones. The veterinarians who treated her suspected she was used for fighting.
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| May, 2007: Police in Baltimore City, MD found 7 dogs, 4 puppies, and a gun in a abandoned rowhouse used to house fighting dogs and for drug deals. |
April, 2007: In Baltimore City, police found a pit bull who was doused with hot cooking oil during a dogfight. The owner was a 16 year old boy who had stolen the dog. The dog was injured so severely that he was euthanized.
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| July 8, 2006: Two dogs were found abandoned in Damascus, MD. They were believed to have been fought. They were severely injured and one was immediately euthanized. |
| April 19, 2006: A Gaithersburg, MD man was arrested when neighbors suspicious of dogfighting reported him. 13 dogs were seized along with drugs and a sawed off shotgun. |
| March 17, 2006: Police seized over 50 roosters in Prince Georges County as part of a cockfighting investigation. |
March 24, 2005 Two men were arrested in Anne Arundel County on dogfighting charges. Police find injured
dogs with bleeding wounds from their mouths. |
June 24, 2004 Wicomico County Police responded to a call about a dead dog floating in a pond with a cinder block tied to the animal. Police believed the dog was killed as a result of losing a fight.
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| March 31, 2004: Police searched for a suspect who was charged with dogfighting in Baltimore City. The suspect is also believed to have shot and killed a police officer and assaulted his girlfriend. |
| May 19, 2003: Police busted a pit bull fighting ring in Prince Georges County. 10 dogs were euthanized. The suspect was also arrested for assaulting his girlfriend. |
| Jan. 8, 2003: Montgomery County police searched for two men they say have been involved in holding dog fights in Gaithersburg, MD. |
| August, 2002: Police busted a dogfighting ring in Montgomery County, MD where video taped events of young pit bull puppies being forced to fight were found. |
July, 2002: Two people were charged for making pit bulls fight each other. Both faced charges of arranging a dog fight. According to charging documents, the two young men conducted a fight between the dogs on June 24.
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| Jan 11, 2002: A Gaithersburg, MD man pled guilty to dogfighting after police find two dead pit bulls in his apartment. |
| May 22, 2001: Police seized 12 dogs in sweep; operation aimed at illegal dogfighting in Severn, MD. |
