Posted by Virginia
on August 30, 2009, 11:21 pm, in reply to "Every Body Can Post"
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This link appears to be to a message board for the OREBA Registry. That registry is owned by Kwame Winston, a convicted dog fighter. The following information was sent to me last winter regarding this individuals history. I'm sure we all agree - there is no place for dog fighting in the world of personal protection. Let's not muddy the waters by registering our dogs with an organization such as this.
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Dogs trained for dog-fighting
Freeport, NY (US)
Incident Date: Monday, Mar 21, 2005
County: Nassau
Charges: Misdemeanor
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: Kwame Winston
Case Updates: 4 update(s) available
On March 21, detectives arrested dog trainer and salesman Kwame Winston, 29, of Miller Ave. in Freeport, on six misdemeanors for training fighting animals and selling them out of his Freeport home. Detectives worked together with I-SPEAK Humane Society to uncover the defendant's illegal operation.
Winston owns and operates the Old English Bulldogs Kennel, which he runs out of his Freeport home. The business has a comprehensive website that describes his dogs as "powerful and athletic," claiming they "should display power and fearlessness in every move and should be ready to defend their owner." The website also contains a definition of the word bulldog as well as links to other sites about bulldogs.
Police say they were alerted that something was wrong at the kennel when agents at I-SPEAK found Winston's website. They then made arrangements to go to his home and "buy a dog that was purported to be a fighting dog," says Det. Sgt. Roy Gorddard of the Nassau County First Precinct.
The agent arrested Winston after finding between 12 and 15 fighting dogs living in his garage and basement in unsanitary and cruel conditions. He is also being charged for criminal possession of a weapon after detectives also found an illegally purchased knife.
Several of the dogs had scars on their faces, and most lived in inadequate cages, says Gorddard.
The Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter responded by confiscating six dogs and placing them in their shelter.
Winston is charged with multiple felony violations of the Markets and Agricultural Law for Prohibition of animal fighting, including insufficient care of animals. He will be arraigned March 22 in the First District Court in Hempstead.
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