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Fifth Defendant Sentenced in Dog-Fighting Ring

A fifth defendant pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday for his part in a brutal multistate dog-fighting ring. Mario Atkinson of New Jersey will spend two years in prison and was fined $1,000. He admitted fighting his dog in Virginia and dumping the dead animal in the garbage after the fight. Federal agents seized 18 pit bull-type dogs from Atkinson in 2016, saying the dogs had scars and injuries consistent with organized fighting. “Animal cruelty like the conduct in this...

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