Posted on 02/03/2009 8:11:23 AM PST by AuntB
RAMSEUR, N.C. -- Sheriff's deputies in North Carolina arrested 73 people on Saturday in what they called the largest cockfighting bust in county history.
Deputies received a tip that led them to a large-scale cockfighting ring in Ramseur, N.C., local television station WXII reported.
"This is the largest in Randolph County that I know of and maybe in North Carolina," Sheriff Maynard Reid said. "This was a huge operation."
Deputies arrested 73 people and said many of them were illegal aliens.
"Several illegal aliens in the bunch, a detainee will be placed on them and they will be deported," Reid said.
Animal control officers seized 130 roosters used in the fights.
"These birds can't be together," said Mimi Cooper, of Randolph Animal Control. "They'll kill each other. So they each have to be housed separately, and I don't know if they ever can be more than a fighting rooster."
Deputies said that this was no small-town bust. According to police, people came from as far away as Vermont and bet tens of thousands of dollars inside the ring.
At the time of the bust, police said $40,000 was on the line.
Cockfighting carries a felony charge and a maximum 10-year sentence in North Carolina, and officials said the gamblers in the ring were not amateurs.
Animal control officers at the scene found metal spikes that were attached to the chickens and found a pile of chickens that lost their lives while the gamblers hoped to get closer to the cash.
"There's dead chickens everywhere out the back door," Cooper said. "They just throw them out the back door when they get killed in the fight."
Randolph County deputies said they expect to be at the scene well into the night to oversee the towing of dozens of cars and the processing of 73 new felony charges.
The practice is illegal in 48 states. It is legal in New Mexico and Louisiana, and many immigrants from countries like Mexico and the Philippines continue their involvement in the sport after coming to the U.S.
Multiculuralism is our strength! Bienvenidos a Amexica!
ALL game chicken fights, oh! Chickens I thought never mind.
Did Little Jerry get to fight?
Was Michael Vick there?
Did you win any money, AuntB?
(chuckle)
Just kidding.
Putting those spurs on must REALLY hurt. I’ve got a reasonably high pain threshold but even I am pretty sensitive... down THERE.
;^)
I’m sure Michael isn’t missing any cock fights at
his new home.
Um, how bout a bucket of Original Recipe? The Colonel has an opening I bet....
“Did you win any money, AuntB?”
Hardly. It took 3 weeks for the 20 aliens they moved in across the street to completely destroy the “hood”. Realtors would try to show my home as they would run out and slap the hood of their cars...their clients were not impressed. Someones cheap labor cost my family over a million dollars on our real estate.
Sorry to hear that. Has it improved since?
“I’m sure Michael isn’t missing any cock fights at his new home.”
I’ll give that an “Ooooooooooooouch! SNAP!” LOL
—
“Deputies arrested 73 people and said many of them were illegal aliens.”
Clash of chickens or clash of cultures? You be the judge. ;)
Finally ...a thread that you can use words like “cock” “bust” and “breast” in without getting banned.
If this is how our money is wasted- then we deserve no money at all.
Cock fighting bust. Dare I go there?
LOL. I’m last as usual (no double entendre intended).
They arrested many illegal aliens. Is that something you see as a waste of time? I agree they should have never been here in the first place, but shall we just let them do as they wish when they have?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.