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NY: Buffalo man again convicted of dog fighting

Discussion in 'Pit Bull News' started by Vicki, Jan 16, 2016.

  1. Vicki

    Vicki Administrator Staff Member

    By Melinda Miller

    News Staff Reporter

    After 16 months in and out of court, a Buffalo man with a prior federal conviction for dog fighting has been found guilty again of engaging in felony animal fighting.

    Edward “Boo” Bishop, 53, of Hewitt Street originally faced seven counts of animal fighting, one for each dog found at his residence during a raid in April 2014. The raid, involving six locations and resulting in 20 dogs being seized, involved Buffalo Police and investigators from the SPCA Serving Erie County and the ASPCA as part of a crack-down on dog-fighting in the region.

    In September, Judge Thomas P. Franczyk suppressed some of the evidence gathered during the raid, ruling that it was outside the parameters of the search warrant.

    A nonjury trial on the remaining indictments, prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Nathanael C. Kapperman and with Nicholas W. Hicks representing Bishop, concluded in December. At that point, the judge dismissed three counts of the indictment based on evidence that three of the dogs in question showed no physical signs of having been in fights or of being trained to fight.

    On Monday, Franczyk issued a verdict convicting Bishop of one count of the indictment, involving a single dog that was confiscated during the raid. The judge ruled that prosecutors had not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Bishop was guilty on the remaining counts.

    In issuing his decision, Franczyk wrote that, although all the remaining dogs showed evidence that they likely had been in fights at some point in their lives, all but one was not “conditioned” for fighting at the time of the raid.

    “The injuries only indicate that they were former fighting dogs” who were being housed at Bishop’s home, the judge wrote, and did not prove that Bishop was training them to fight.

    One dog, however, “had many earmarks of a dog recently trained to fight,” the judge wrote, “including significant muscle mass, definition and apparent ‘gameness’ for fighting, as evidence by his rapid, silent, aggressive and jaw clenching take down” of a fake dog in a video of the animal presented in court.

    That dog also had scarring on its face, was missing part of an ear and had fractured incisors, testimony showed.

    Franczyk also noted Bishop’s prior conviction for sponsoring a dog in a fight for profit. In 2010, Bishop was sentenced to 30 days incarceration and two years of supervised release after pleading guilty in federal court to sponsoring an animal in a fight. It was reported at the time that Bishop entered his dog in dog fight on June 2009 and won about $4,000.

    Bishop, who has been free on bail since his arrest, faces up to four years in prison when he is sentenced before Franczyk on Feb. 17.


    January 12, 2016 - 7:42 AM
    Buffalo man again convicted of dog fighting - City & Region - The Buffalo News
     
    Vicki, Jan 16, 2016
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  2. TROTLINE

    TROTLINE Top Dog

    Appeared to have muscle mass? Appeared to be game??? WTF???? So I guess they can throw A laundry list of crap about this man and his dogs and something will stick??? Plus now your being tracked by the FBI like A child molester??? Holy Shit!!!
     
    TROTLINE, Jan 16, 2016
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  3. Saiyagin

    Saiyagin Chihuahua

    as evidence by his rapid, silent, aggressive and jaw clenching take down” of a fake dog in a video of the animal presented in court. WTF??????????????

    How does a fucking video of a dog tearing up a FAKE (most likely stuffed dog toy) dog prove anything or even be used as credible evidence????.....My chihuahua fucking tears up her stuff toy animals with a passion so what does that prove? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF is our world coming too when that so called "evidence" is not even legit or credible, no wonder our country has gone to shit. LOL
     
    Saiyagin, Jan 16, 2016
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  4. wicked13

    wicked13 CH Dog


    Well to the hsus you have a game bred chihuahua lol
     
    wicked13, Jan 16, 2016
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  5. slim12

    slim12 Super Moderator Staff Member

    It is the world in which we live.


    A Glad sandwich bag is a sandwich bag until they think you have dope. Then it was no longer intended for a ham sandwich. Go figure.


    S
     
    slim12, Jan 16, 2016
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  6. stinkrock

    stinkrock Top Dog

    If he has the money once the Judge sentenced him he should appeal it. If that's all they have on him.
     
    stinkrock, Jan 16, 2016
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  7. CajunBoulette

    CajunBoulette CH Dog

    Pure bullshit! If we lived in buffalo we'd all be in the pokey

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    CajunBoulette, Jan 16, 2016
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  8. david63

    david63 CH Dog

    You are right Cajun. The laws are a lot stricter up north.
     
    david63, Jan 16, 2016
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  9. TROTLINE

    TROTLINE Top Dog

    I cant understand why especially A federal case he didn't have A jury trial??? I mean A decent lawyer in A court room being judged by his pears I think could have got that dismissed!!! Damn even A Public Defender should be able to squash that B.S. My granddaughter's rescue dog tears stuff up left and right, dos'nt mean shes raiseing her collie mix as A combat dog!!! This whole thing sounds weird like he was just railroaded!!!
     
    TROTLINE, Jan 17, 2016
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  10. AGK

    AGK Super duper pooper scooper Administrator

    I always hate traveling up to Buffalo. New Yorks laws in general are fucking ridiculous let alone when I come up through on I-90 theres a cop sitting in just about every Emergency link from the Prison to down town Buffalo and they roll just as hard once your in Buffalo too.

    The story itself is a joke at best. Sounds like a lot of appear to bes and possibles and not a lot of definites. They are definitely getting railroaded and a decent lawyer would put mad holes in the prosicutions case and plenty of reasonable doubt. What a witch hunt that shit sounds like.
     
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    AGK, Jan 17, 2016
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  11. stinkrock

    stinkrock Top Dog

    I pretty sure his lawyer told him to go with the Judge. Because a lot of jurors don't want to be there in the first place or you get the one's who think they know the law. It's a double edged sword...
     
    stinkrock, Jan 17, 2016
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  12. Robertosilva

    Robertosilva CH Dog

    Robertosilva, Jan 17, 2016
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  13. AGK

    AGK Super duper pooper scooper Administrator

    The only way they do that is when you agree to waive your right to it which alot of people do. Many feel they have a better chance with 1 that knows the laws rather that leave it up to 12 people who don't.
     
    AGK, Jan 17, 2016
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  14. stinkrock

    stinkrock Top Dog

    I know how it works. It's your choice but the Lawyer will give you advice either way. Have done it twice and came out on top both times.

    In his case I would have taken a trial by Judge also. But then again I don't know the laws there. I'm not from there.
     
    stinkrock, Jan 17, 2016
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  15. AGK

    AGK Super duper pooper scooper Administrator

    It's rather just avoid the whole situation completely lol. That's why I just feed Children loving mix breeds. :)
     
    AGK, Jan 17, 2016
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  16. stinkrock

    stinkrock Top Dog

    Dam I knew I was doing something wrong. Monday morning I'm going to Animal Control and save a few mutts. Lol
     
    stinkrock, Jan 17, 2016
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  17. TROTLINE

    TROTLINE Top Dog

    When they already have charges pending and come back with this crap sounds like to me they wanted him to RAT and he said FY! I mean they already have his ass in A sling and then come back and rub his nose in it!!! These MF'rs just have to much power! Hell I'm old my kids are raised you cant be scared of do'n time and compete Slims right it's the way things are!!! If you cant do the time don't do it! Better yet be sly!!!
     
    TROTLINE, Jan 17, 2016
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