Fourteenth and Final Defendant Convicted in Federal Dog Fighting Case

All 14 defendants in a large-scale federal dog fighting case indicted last year in Albany, Georgia, have now been convicted. The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia has accepted the guilty pleas of the following defendants:

Tamichael Elijah, 48, of Donalsonville, Georgia;
Marvin Pulley, III, 53, of Donalsonville and Jakin, Georgia;
Brandon Baker, 42, of Panama City, Florida;
Christopher Travis Beaumont, 38, of Panama City, Florida;
Herman Buggs, Jr., 57, of Donalsonville, Georgia;
Terrance Davis, 46, of Pansey, Alabama;
Timothy Freeman, 27, of Bainbridge, Georgia;
Terelle Ganzy, 35, of Panama City, Florida;
Gary Hopkins, 67, of Donalsonville, Georgia;
Cornelious Johnson, 40, of Panama City, Florida;
Rodrecus Kimble, 44, of Donalsonville, Georgia;
Donnametric Miller, 42, of Donalsonville, Georgia;
Willie Russell, 43, of Blakely, Georgia; and
Fredricus White, 36, of Panama City, Florida

According to court documents filed in this case, the defendants all converged on a property in Donalsonville, Georgia, on April 24, 2022, where they held a large-scale dog fighting event. The defendants and others brought a total of 24 pit bull-type dogs to be fought that weekend in a series of matches. Law enforcement personnel who disrupted the event found numerous dogs inside crates in cars on the property.

The participants used their cars to store dogs who had already been fought, as well as those whose handlers were awaiting their turn in the fighting pit. Some dogs were kept on chains on the property. Law enforcement rescued a total of 27 dogs, including one found in the pit with severe injuries and which died a shortly thereafter. Dogs in the cars also bore recent injuries and historical fighting scars.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fourteenth-and-final-defendant-convicted-federal-dog-fighting-case