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.

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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

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Circle B Pit, Stringtown, OK

Massive new illegal cockfight arena we located in June 2022!

This pit property was owned by Kimberly Lynn Baughman. It has since been sold. The cockfighting pit was managed by Robert Ray Baughman, both of Stringtown, OK. More details below.

Highway 43, Stringtown, OK 74569. (Atoka County)

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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.

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