{"id":26472,"date":"2016-09-07T17:37:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T00:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=26472"},"modified":"2016-09-07T17:37:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T00:37:53","slug":"n-j-man-charged-with-dog-fighting-feds-find-injured-and-sick-dogs-chained-and-unattended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=26472","title":{"rendered":"N.J. Man Charged with Dog Fighting; Feds Find Injured and Sick Dogs Chained and Unattended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>NEW JERSEY<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Federal law enforcement officials arrested a Cumberland County, New Jersey, man for his involvement in dog fighting, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u00a0Robert A. Elliott Sr<\/strong>., 47, of Millville, New Jersey, was charged by complaint with two counts of possessing pit bull-type dogs for dog fighting ventures in New Jersey and elsewhere<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to court documents, the federal Animal Welfare Act makes it a felony to fight dogs or to possess, train, sell, buy, deliver, receive, or transport dogs intended for use in dog fighting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">On June 1, <strong>Frank Nichols<\/strong> and other individuals were charged by complaint with violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act pertaining to dog fighting. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">That day law enforcement officers executed a search warrant of a residence on a multi-acre property in Millville where Nichols lived. \u00a0\u00a0Elliott, also lived at the residence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">During the search of the residence, law enforcement officers seized 13 live pit bull-type dogs. \u00a0Seven of the dogs were housed on heavy chains in a wooded area behind the house. \u00a0The dogs were spaced so that they could not reach one another. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Two additional dogs were housed individually in pens in the wooded area near the chained dogs. \u00a0Law enforcement officers found three more dogs in shipping crates in the unfinished basement. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">One of the 13 dogs, who appeared ill, was found in a crate in a room on the first floor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Several of the dogs had scars and other signs of injury and all of the dogs had untreated veterinary conditions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Law enforcement also found other indications that the dogs were used in dog-fighting ventures that included:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Break sticks, which are used to pry open a dog\u2019s mouth in order to release a hold that the dog has on another dog<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A stand often called a \u201crape rack,\u201d or \u201cbreeder stand\u201d as referred to by defendant Elliott, designed to hold a female dog off the ground and immobilize her while a male dog mounts her. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The device is used where the female dog is too dog-aggressive to mate otherwise<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A box containing veterinary medications, a skin stapler, numerous needles and syringes, catheters, IV bags and tubing, sutures and suture removing tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Testosterone boosting supplements, which are often used by dog fighters to increase muscle mass and aggression of dogs before a fight<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Dog pedigrees and printouts of dogs from dog fighting registries, including pedigrees related to the pit bull-type dogs found at his residence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Elliott claimed ownership of several of the dog fighting paraphernalia found in his home and indicated that he and his family owned 10 of the 13 pit bull-type dogs found at his residence<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The counts of possession of an animal for participation in an animal fighting venture each carry a maximum potential penalty of up to five years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This case is part of Operation Grand Champion, a coordinated effort across numerous federal judicial districts to combat 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