UPDATE: 7th member of Alabama family sentenced for massive cockfighting operation
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The U.S. Department of Justice says a seventh and final member of a central Alabama family has been sentenced after being convicted for running one of the largest illegal cockfighting businesses in the United States.
Four of the defendants were sentenced in the last week after pleading guilty in August. The other three defendants pleaded guilty in June and were sentenced in October.Brent Colon EasterlingWilliam “Tyler” EasterlingWilliam Colon “Jim” Easterling During the illegal animal fights, participants were charged expensive fees to enter their birds in the derbies – such as $1,500 to fight seven roosters – and were told what weapons to strap to the roosters’ legs, such as short knives, long knives or spurs, the DOJ explained.
The DOJ further laid out the roles of other family members, noting that Brent Easterling was one of the most widely-known fighting-bird breeders in the country, running L&L Gamefarm with his wife Kassi Easterling. They were said to be charging $1,500 for three chickens because they were birds of select fighting pedigrees. He also promoted the cockfights at the cockfighting pit owned by his father, Jim Easterling.
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