Cockfighting - Page #4

Upcoming Cockfight at Hawk's Nest on January 7th, 2023

WHEN WILL THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE (KSP) POST 9 DO THEIR JOB?

PLANNED JANUARY 7 COCKFIGHT WILL TEST THE KSP AGAIN

Hawk’s Nest, a notorious, illegal cockfight pit in Pike County has reopened. The coordinates for Hawk’s Nest are 37.56411, -82.22599. Read More Here.

Hawk’s Nest is run by Charles Dixon, aka “Magoo.” Dixon claims to have the Kentucky State Police, Post 9, in his pocket, and the persistence of his operation fully supports his brag. SHARK has reported Hawk’s Nest to KSP Post 9 for years, and the KSP has failed to stop the illegal cockfighting. Read More About Magoo here.

Magoo

Another illegal cockfight is planned for this coming Saturday, January 7. Charles Dixon has an entire schedule of events planned that will continue through July. Now the question is whether the officers of Kentucky State Police Post 9, which has an inglorious, years-long history of inaction, will finally do their job.

Cockfighting Season is Starting!

Two Kentucky Cockfighters Plead Guilty!

You can read the full story here: Two plead guilty in Laurel County cock fighting case

From the May 11, 2022 The Sentinel Echo newspaper:

Two of the nine people named in a federal indictment involving a cock fighting ring have pleaded guilty to their charges.

Rickie D. Johnson, 55, made a guilty plea on May 3 to conspire against the United States of America by operating a cock fighting ring known as Bald Rock Chicken Pit off Loretta Lane on property owned by Harold "Fuzzy" Hale, who was also named in the indictment.

Seven members of Alabama cockfighting family plead guilty to federal charges

August 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Exported gamecocks around the world

MONTGOMERY, Alabama––Cockfighters and gamefowl breeders Brent Easterling, William Easterling, and five other members of their family on August 11, 2022 pleaded guilty to federal and state of Alabama charges filed in 2021 as “conspiracy to violate federal anti-animal fighting laws, including operating fighting pits on their properties, possessing thousands of fighting animals, transporting those animals across the globe for fighting, and trafficking in cockfighting implements,” summarized Animal Wellness Action spokesperson Marty Irby in a media release urging that the Easterlings receive “prison time and six-figure fines” at their forthcoming sentencing hearings.

Click here to read the full article.

You can read the actual plea deals here:

Kassi Brook Easterling

Brent Colon Easterling

George William Easterling

Amber Nicole Easterling

William Colon Easterling

Thomas Glyn Easterling

William Tyler Easterling