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Bred to fight then left to die, a jury sees photos of a pit bull that lost
a dogfight in the basement of a Cincinnati business. But one customer who
paid to see it was wearing a wire.
The Humane Society called these local dogfights brutal and cruel. Now, a
jury will decide if the alleged ringleader of the operation should do
time.
Terry Kendrick is on trial, accused of hosting and refereeing dog fights,
and training pit bulls that were bred to fight. He was one of a dozen
people arrested during a raid last year in which agents seized 64 dogs.
Local 12's Deborah Dixon tells us some of today's testimony was about one
of the dogs.
Photos the jury saw are part of this developing story alert, some of you
may find them disturbing. When the beauty parlor on Gilbert Avenue closed
on some nights, the back door to the basement opened for dogfights in this
pen. Cover at the door was 20 bucks. Some bet thousands to
win. Concessions were available during the bloody show.
Agent Mike Gabrielson, Ohio's Organized Crime Unit: "Dogs were weighed,
washed, and taken to the pit."
Agent Mike Gabrielson was working undercover with Ohio's Organized Crime
Unit when he bet 12-hundred dollars on a pit bull named "Dollar
Bill." Gabrielson testified 40 people paid to watch the March 2007 fight
that Terry Kendrick refereed.
One of the six charges against him has to do with that fight that Dollar
Bill lost. These are photos of his injuries, including deep bites to his
neck, legs and ears. Dollar Bill was barely breathing when the fight was
called.
Deborah Dixon: "Agent Gabrielson testified after the fight he went with
the owner in a van here to Burnet Avenue, where the bleeding dying dog was
thrown over the fence into the playground."
"He said he doesn't kill his dogs. He lets God sort it out. What does that
mean to you?"
That he doesn't bother with dogs that lose. According to testimony, Dollar
Bill managed to get to the front ****ch of a nearby home. It was too
late. Dollar Bill was put to sleep. So were the other 64 dogs seized in
the raids from here to Dayton, because they were bred to fight ... to the
death.
Deborah Dixon, Local 12.
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