Retired sailor gets 18 months in dogfighting

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Retired sailor gets 18 months in dogfighting
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Sep 26, 2008 11:53:49 EDT

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A retired sailor will spend 18 months behind bars for his role in a dogfighting operation.

Alfred C. Taylor Jr. of Chesapeake, a former shipyard worker, was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison, but a judge suspended all but 18 months and barred the 55-year-old from owning dogs while on probation.

Taylor was found guilty of dogfighting charges in December 2006, after police seized anti-inflammatory drugs, a surgical wound stapler and dogfighting literature from his home. They also removed 17 pit bulls, 10 of which had signs of healed wounds.


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