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Man Arrested On Cockfighting Charges
KPTV Corvallis ^
| Aug. 23,2007
| KPTV
Posted on 08/23/2007 8:23:16 AM PDT by 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.
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KEYWORDS: aliens; animalrights; animalsarepeopletoo; cockfight; immigrantlist; immigration; oregon; vick
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To: edcoil
Before I moved from my home in So. Oregon, one of the houses with aliens had at least 300 little a frames all over the yard full of these roosters. The local law wouldn’t even check them out.
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08/23/2007 8:41:52 AM PDT
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AuntB
(" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
To: AuntB
Ramos-Reyes had claimed to be making as much as $30,000 a nightIf I crossed the border and then recrossed it, could I be an illegal too and make $30K a night, too?
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08/23/2007 8:43:01 AM PDT
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mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: junaid
the length of the thread doesn’t matterThat's right. It's all about the motion of the postin'.
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08/23/2007 8:43:13 AM PDT
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Lazamataz
(JOIN THE NRA: https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/signup.asp)
To: AuntB
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08/23/2007 8:43:51 AM PDT
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RockinRight
(Fred Thompson once set fire to a crowd of liberals simply by puffing his cigar and staring real hard)
To: mtbopfuyn
Hey, he made 30k per night - but he was awfully sore.
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08/23/2007 8:44:59 AM PDT
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MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..
To: AuntB
When I lived in Carencro, cockfighting was a pastime around there.
After casinos were allowed, cockfighting was much smaller.
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08/23/2007 9:25:01 AM PDT
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HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto)
To: Lazamataz
The next day at the KFC, Bucket O Losers 12 pieces 3 sides $12.99.
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08/23/2007 9:33:20 AM PDT
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Hydroshock
("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
To: edcoil
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08/23/2007 9:59:05 AM PDT
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stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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