Long Island Dogfighting Case Results in Three Guilty Pleas
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Long Island Dogfighting Case Results in Three Guilty Pleas In October 2017, the ASPCA assisted the New York State Attorney General’s Organized Task Force and the Suffolk County Police Department in the rescue of 36 dogs used in a dogfighting ring that was actively engaged in the breeding and training of pit bulls for profit. The investigation—known to law enforcement as “Operation Bloodline,”—began in March 2017, and ended with the successful removal of the suffering animals and subsequent felony arrests of three perpetrators. This week, the remaining two perpetrators pleaded guilty and will be sentenced for their crimes in June 2018—the next steps of justice for the three dozen dogs rescued during this operation. Richard Davis and Taikeem Wheeler of Wyandanch, New York pleaded guilty to the Class E felony of Prohibition of Animal Fighting, in violation of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law. Davis and Wheeler also each pleaded guilty to an unclassified...