RECORD SENTENCE FOR DOGFIGHTING MASTERMIND

On Monday (11/22), convicted South Carolina dogfighting mastermind
David Tant was handed the strictest sentence ever given for
dogfighting: thirty years in prison.

Circuit Judge Wyatt Saunders pronounced the sentence after Tant
pleaded guilty to 41 counts of dogfighting, following a raid on
Tant's property last April in which investigators seized dogfighting
paraphernalia and 47 pit bulls. The raid came after a surveyor was
shot and injured by a booby-trapped gun on the property. For that
offense, Tant was convicted of assault and battery and received ten
years in addition to his 30 for dogfighting.

Tant's conviction marks a major victory in the fight against illegal,
organized dogfighting. David Tant has long been associated with
dogfighting groups and is well-known as one of the biggest breeders
of fighting dogs in the world, selling dogs nationally and
internationally. Said South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster,
who prosecuted the case under his newly-created, statewide,
dogfighting task force, "This sends a message to dog fighters and
people who would participate in this vicious, brutal activity that
there are consequences for their actions."

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RECORD SENTENCE FOR DOGFIGHTING MASTERMIND

On Monday (11/22), convicted South Carolina dogfighting mastermind
David Tant was handed the strictest sentence ever given for
dogfighting: thirty years in prison.

40 years is what i read. anyway, look for the thread "Dogman Tant
Convicted" from "Tee", dated 11/24, in RPDBreeds. she has a link to the
article in the Charleston, SC newspaper.

-kelly

http://pbrc.net/petbull/articles/40years.html