NY: Freeport Man Sentenced to Prison For Role in Dog Fighting Ring

Freeport Man Sentenced to Prison For Role in Dog Fighting Ring: DA

The 55-year-old has been convicted three times prior for dog fighting.



Freeport, NY By Priscila Korb (Patch Staff) - June 27, 2016 12:10 pm ET

A Freeport man who plead guilty for his role in training pit bulls used in an illegal dog fighting ring was recently sentenced to over 1 to 4 years in prison, according to the Nassau County DA.

Anthony Reddick, 55, who had previously been convicted three times for prohibition of animal fighting, pleaded guilty on May 24 to prohibition of animal fighting and second degree criminal contempt, the DA said.

As part of his previous sentence, he was prohibited from having any contact with animals for 15 years by court order and he was convicted for criminal contempt for violating the order.

Between March and May 2015, Reddick, while on parole from another dogfighting conviction, conspired with others to breed, purchase, train, and fight pit bull dogs in an underground network of dog fighters, the DA said.

He had just been released from jail on March 5, 2015 after serving time for his 2014 conviction of prohibition of animal fighting and was on parole when intercepted communications with other members of the ring showed that Reddick was actively involved in the breeding and training of dogs despite his court order to avoid animals for 15 years, according to the DA.

In 2014, Reddick plead guilty to multiple dog fighting counts after a fire at his home revealed a substantial training facility for fighting dogs, the DA said.

Multiple pit bulls, confined to cages, died in that fire and their bodies were found amongst modified treadmills, break-sticks, spring-poles, and other training apparatus indicative of dog fighting activity, the DA said.

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