Man Arrested On Cockfighting Charges

KPTV Corvallis ^ | Aug. 23,2007 | KPTV

[AuntB]

ALPINE, Ore. -- Corvallis Police have arrested a man who is accused of running a cockfighting operation.

Officers searched the Van Beek Dairy near Alpine and found more than 35 birds, according to officers.

Police said they seized two roosters as evidence and that the roosters show signs of having been used for the illegal fights. The rest of the birds were left at the dairy.

Martin Ramos-Reyes, 39, is in custody at the Benton County Jail in connection with the investigation. Ramos-Reyes, who worked and lived at the farm and also owned the roosters, used them as fighting birds, according to authorities.

A farmer at Van Beek Dairy said 12 officers and immigration agents arrested Ramos-Reyes on Tuesday morning.

Immigration agents also took six other workers into custody Tuesday.

Police Lieutenant Tim Brewer said the investigation revealed Ramos-Reyes had claimed to be making as much as $30,000 a night from people gambling on the fights.

Police said the dairy's owners cooperated with the investigation and are not involved in the alleged cockfighting organization.

[MrB]

Some words, like “cockfighting”, write their own jokes.

[edcoil]

Mexican culture of cock-fighting, Ore needs to honor diversity and let him go.

30,000 a night just doing the work Americans won’t do.

[massgopguy]

Little Jerry Seinfeld.

[snowrip]

Soooooooooooooooo surprised that the ringleaders were illegal aliens. Guess they’re just fighting the co... that Americans won’t fight.

[Crawdad]

Good thing they weren’t juggling cats.

[SmithL]

Oh, they meant roosters, huh?

[MrB]

I don’t remember the movie, but in one scene, there was a “cockfight” in an alley. The main characters worked their way up through the crowd and finally got a glimpse of the ruckus - two naked men jumping up and hitting each other with...

probably something like “Johnny Dangerously” or something.

[junaid]

how about some *inter-league* play between michael vick and this hombre

[VRWCmember]

Never bring a gun to a cockfight.

Or wait, maybe that should be ALWAYS bring a gun to a cockfight.

[junaid]

i think that was a mtv claymation thing between tommy lee and john bobbit

[Jane Austen]

He should get hard prison time.

[TheRake]

Stiff penalties should be imposed.

[evets]

The 'perp': Miguel Vicko

[UCFRoadWarrior]

More illegal alien anti-Americanism.

We don’t need illegal alien cockfighters...we have plenty of American cockfighters already here in America (you’d be surprised)

[ArrogantBustard]

this is my rifle, this is my gun ...

[DCBryan1]

I can see this thread growing long.

[junaid]

the length of the thread doesn’t matter

[Lazamataz]

Never bring a knife to a cockfight.

[eastsider]

In 1962, my father took me and my family by car to a shop in Harlem to pick up a specialty item that I'd read about in Boys' Life. Suddenly, my older brother started shouting, "Look, Dad, a cockfight, a cockfight!!!" Sure enough, a group of about five men were standing around two cocks fighting on the sidewalk.

My mom's reaction was immediate: "Lock the doors!"