ST. LOUIS (AP) -- -
Four eastern Missouri men were to be sentenced for federal crimes involving dogfighting that authorities cracked down on in July. The convictions resulted from the largest coordinated multistate raids on dogfighting in U.S. history.
They include 50-year-old Teddy Kiriakidis of Leasburg; 38-year-old Michael Morgan of Hannibal; 56-year-old Robert Hackman of Foley; and 34-year-old Ronald Creach of Leslie.
They were to appear Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson to be sentenced for their role in breeding, raising, training, conditioning, trafficking, fighting and destroying American pit bull terriers.
Each man pleaded guilty to conspiracy. In addition, Hackman and Morgan pleaded guilty to selling animals for fighting.
In July, federal agents arrested 26 people and seized more than 500 dogs in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
They were to appear Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson to be sentenced for their role in breeding, raising, training, conditioning, trafficking, fighting and destroying American pit bull terriers.
Each man pleaded guilty to conspiracy. In addition, Hackman and Morgan pleaded guilty to selling animals for fighting.
In July, federal agents arrested 26 people and seized more than 500 dogs in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
