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https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/10/02/moorefield-charged-dog-fighting-department-defense/

Pentagon official charged with participating in dog fighting ring
Frederick D. Moorefield Jr., a deputy chief information officer, is accused of training fighting dogs for more than 20 years
By Tom Jackman and Dan Lamothe
October 2, 2023 at 8:08 p.m. EDT

A senior member of the Department of Defense communications staff has been arrested and charged with participating in a dogfighting ring in the D.C. area for more than 20 years, federal authorities disclosed Monday. The ring regularly trained dogs for fights, ran thousands of dollars in bets on the outcomes, and executed dogs that didnt die during matches, court records state.
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Frederick Douglass Moorefield Jr. (Department of Defense)
Frederick Douglass Moorefield Jr., 62, of Arnold, Md., was a deputy chief information officer for command, control and communications for the Secretary of Defenses Chief Information Officer, court records and Moorefields LinkedIn page show. He was arrested Thursday on a charge of promoting and furthering animal fighting venture, along with a longtime friend who allegedly admitted his participation in dogfighting, Mario D. Flythe, 49, of Glen Burnie.
Investigators found battery jumper cables, which allegedly were used to execute dogs at Moorefields house, along with five pit bull-type dogs at his house and five pit bull-type dogs at Flythes house, court records show. The FBI, the Department of Agriculture and other local and federal agencies raided both houses on Sept. 6, according to a federal affidavit, finding weighted collars and heavy metal chains used to increase fighting dogs strength. Authorities said they also found an apparatus that is used for involuntarily inseminating female dogs and stains consistent with bloodstains from dogfights.
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Both men were released after being arraigned.
Lt. Cmdr. Tim Gorman, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement on Monday that the Defense Department was aware of the criminal complaint filed against Moorefield in federal district court in Baltimore.
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We can confirm that the individual is no longer in the workplace, but we cannot comment further on an individual personnel matter, Gorman said. He did not say if Moorefield had been suspended, terminated or allowed to retire.
An affidavit written by FBI Special Agent Ryan C. Daly indicated that authorities have been investigating the dogfighting ring, which called itself the DMV Board, for years. Nine fellow dog-fighters were indicted in Virginia last year, and eight have pleaded guilty and cooperated with investigators. Members communicated on the Telegram messaging app about training fighting dogs, exchanging videos, arranging fights and wagers, and comparing methods of killing dogs who lost fights, the affidavit states.

Online records maintained by the dogs owners showed that Moorefield had been involved in dogfighting since at least 2002, Daly wrote, and evidence of Moorefields training for fights, or refereeing other owners dog fights, was found periodically over the years, including extensive messaging lining up fights and prize money. Evidence indicated some fights occurred earlier this year, despite the arrests of others in the ring, and that Moorefield and Flythe were experimenting with different types of performance enhancing drugs to improve [their] chances of winning dogfights.
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Anne Arundel County authorities had received complaints about Moorefield and Flythe for years, and in November 2018 the county animal control was alerted to a report of two dead dogs in a plastic dog food bag in Annapolis, about six miles from Moorefields home, Daly wrote. In addition to the dogs in the bag, investigators found mail addressed to Moorefield, Dalys affidavit stated.
When Daly spoke to Moorefield on the day of the raid, he acknowledged that he operated under the name Geehad Kennels, and that local animal control and law enforcement had previously visited his property, the affidavit states. Flythe told another FBI agent that he used the name Razor Sharp Kennels and admitted to having engaged in dogfighting in the past.
No lawyers were listed in court records for the two men.
A phone number for Moorefield was unavailable, and Flythe did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Hmm... I wonder why they were using pitbulls and not huskies or golden retrievers or dachshunds.

Cause they're scumbags

Crimson_Corsair posted...

Hmm... I wonder why they were using pitbulls and not huskies or golden retrievers or dachshunds.

why would you try to derail something already bizarre and crazy like this

fuck this piece of shit

Dogfighting is a another Southern/Midwestern thing that I'll never get.

MarcyWarcy posted...

why would you try to derail something already bizarre and crazy like this

He's pointing out that the breed that used in a dog fighting ring is exactly the breed that raised for dog fighting.

9-5 bump

Dumbass/Asshole

I think it's a disgusting remnant of a disgusting institution and this mofo just didn't care because he's a vile piece trash.

Wonder who he pissed off to get his collar pulled now after being investigated for YEARS

Damn, imagine losing your fat fucking government cushy pension because you wanted to be a douche bag Thug n fight dogs

GranolaPanic posted...

Anyone that forces animals into fighting is a vile person. Other breeds of dogs are used for this besides Pitbulls. Cats and even chickens are used too. The animals are horribly abused and killed when they lose. Be angry at the people running and taking part in these and not the innocent animals forced into fighting.

"But chickens" was definitely not on my bingo card

GranolaPanic posted...

Animal fighting has a long and terrible history with it. All sorts of animals were forced into it.

Sure. Except surely you understand the massive canyon of difference between a chicken and a dog literally bred into existence just for fighting, right?

There's also cocks breed specifically for fighting, and yes you don't want to keep them alongside other cocks.
My dad once keep two of them and one day he forgot to lock their pen, and they ended up killing eachother. He was really upset because those cocks are pretty expensive.

Even that, those cock breed didn't simply attack humans.

Ha, when do they forcibly retire these guys, 65?

GranolaPanic posted...

Yes. Thats why I already said all types of animal fighting is sickening and you got angry at me for simply mentioning that chicken fighting is still common today.

But go ahead make this another topic about how everyone hates pitbulls when the dogs in this fighting ring were all victims of human abuse.

They were abused at the hands of intelligent humans who understood the inherently violent and aggressive nature of these dogs made them a prime candidate for Bloodsport entertainment. Don't act like they were just picking dogs at random to abuse.

GranolaPanic posted...

They were bred for that purpose. Other breeds are used for fighting and blood sports. It isnt only pitbulls. Some are even stronger and just as aggressive.

Aha, "but dogo argentino" was on my bingo card!

Ricemills posted...

There's also cocks breed specifically for fighting, and yes you don't want to keep them alongside other cocks.
My dad once keep two of them and one day he forgot to lock their pen, and they ended up killing eachother. He was really upset because those cocks are pretty expensive.

Even that, those cock breed didn't simply attack humans.

so your dad fought them? do i have to pay him a visit?

A certain GoT scene comes to mind.

But this is America, so instead hopefully this asshole simply goes to jail for a long time.

Gritty posted...

Damn, imagine losing your fat fucking government cushy pension because you wanted to be a douche bag Thug n fight dogs

It's the US Government, he probably still gonna get his pension with a honorable discharge. It what they would do if he was a cop. I don't have faith in our government in punishing people like this if they are high up enough.

Tora_Sami posted...

It's the US Government, he probably still gonna get his pension with a honorable discharge. It what they would do if he was a cop. I don't have faith in our government in punishing people like this if they are high up enough.

Yeah, short of hurting the national security of the US it's very hard to take away someone's pension. Which I get since they've been paying into it, and you wouldn't want the government to be able to screw people over easily. Still, this guy is trash and deserves worse then he's going to get probably.

If I may don my tinfoil hat for a moment...

You just know somebody has known about this for a long ass time as has been sitting on it as leverage against the guy. Dude must of fucked up and tried calling the bluff or something.

Bass posted...

Yeah, short of hurting the national security of the US it's very hard to take away someone's pension. Which I get since they've been paying into it, and you wouldn't want the government to be able to screw people over easily. Still, this guy is trash and deserves worse then he's going to get probably.

I will get modded if I sya what I want to happen. Someone mentioned GoT is all I'm gonna say.

Stallion_Prime posted...

so your dad fought them? do i have to pay him a visit?

It's legal in Bali.

Ricemills posted...

Bali.

Say no more. Christ

Tyranthraxus posted...

Sure. Except surely you understand the massive canyon of difference between a chicken and a dog literally bred into existence just for fighting, right?

There are in fact breeds of chicken bred exclusively for cockfighting. If youre looking for a species to blame for this its obviously homo sapiens.