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Benton County dogfighting suspects’ names released
Apr 3, 2013

The final number of people arrested at a dog fight in Benton County over the weekend is 52, according to a list released by the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday.

Officials said some of those arrested are “major players” in the national dog fight scene.

Between 15-20 dogs were also rescued. Two of them were fighting at the time police arrived, and the others were being held in vehicles awaiting their turn to fight.

“This was one of the premiere dogfights in the country, if you will,” said Marshall County Sheriff Kenny Dickerson on Monday. “They have five or six a year according to our intelligence.”

Police believe there could be others who escaped through the woods because they confiscated upwards of 70 cars. They also recovered around $100,000 and expected that total to rise as they continued to inventory the confiscated vehicles.

According to Mississippi Code, anyone fighting a dog or holding a dog fight can be fined up to $5,000 and may spend up to three years in the state penitentiary. Those convicted of watching a dog fight can be fined up to $5,000 and may spend up to a year in prison.

Investigators are still looking for those who may have escaped the dog fighting ring, and the Humane Society is offering up to a $5,000 reward for anyone with information that leads to a conviction.

Those arrested by more than 100 officers and agents with the Marshall, Benton, and DeSoto county sheriff’s departments and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations are as follows:

1. Willared Vernon Allen, 33, Houston, Texas
2. Demott Allen, 37, Houston, Texas
3. Kendrick Anderson, 40, Esemmes, Ala.
4. Shadrick Lateaf Bowden, 35, Saltillo, Miss.
5. Tiffany Brooks, 29, Indianola, Miss.
6. Lorenzo Keasean Buckingham, 26, Toledo, Ohio
7. Jordan Butler, 34, Baton Rouge, La.
8. Gary Glenn Bradley, 32, Little Rock, Ark.
9. Norris Carpenter, 48, Memphis, Tenn.
10. Carlton Edwards, 42, Georgiana, Ala.
11. William Edwards, 39, Georgiana, Ala.
12. Billia Cipriano Crenshaw, 37, Sunnyvale, Texas
13. Teaira Evans, 21, Memphis, Tenn.
14. Johnny Fergunson, 41, Laurel, Miss.
15. Twayna Funches, 30, Chicago, Ill.
16. Venice Lorenzo Gilliam, 29, Tallahassee, Fla.
17. Cornelius Q. Gilmore, 32, Liberty, Texas
18. Deverrick Goodin, 38, Houston, Texas
19. Laprysha Griffin, 22, Philadelphia, Miss.
20. Norman Hale, 45, Greenville, Texas
21. Steve Ferrel Handy, 48, Richmond, Texas
22. Gary Hardy, 30, Laurel, Miss.
23. Christopher Harris, 25, Jackson, Miss.
24. Barry Higdon, 41, Plantation, Fla.
25. Donnell Gerome Jackson, 54, Chicago, Ill.
26. Keith Tremayne Jones, 28, Houston, Texas
27. Marvin Jones, 30, Tampa, Fla.
28. Andre Lacy, 45, Mobile, Ala.
29. Intencie Leach, 37, Philadelphia, Miss.
30. Lataurus Chernell Lewis, 33, Indianola, Miss.
31. Eddie McCloud, 43, Pensacola, Fla.
32. Derrick McField, 34, Flora, Miss.
33. Undre Newble, 30, Whiteville, Tenn.
34. Kenneth Eugene Norris, 36, Houston, Texas
35. LaPorsche Nunn, 24, Louisville, Miss.
36. Tony Michael Parker, 46, Pensacola, Fla.
37. Michael Pryor, 35, Pell City, Ala.
38. Andre Roberts, 35, Beaumont, Texas
39. Larry Robinson, 36, Houston, Texas
40. Corey Rogers, 36, Beaumont, Texas
41. Paola Santamaria, 27, Memphis, Tenn.
42. Joseph Smith, 35, Pritchard, Ala.
43. Larry Smith, 58, Memphis, Tenn.
44. Ronald Sykes, 31, West Point, Miss.
45. Ennis Earl Thomas, 31, Houston, Texas
46. Ulysses Washington, 41, College Station, Ark.
47. Ulysses Calvin Washington, Jr., 22, College Station, Ark.
48. Orenthal Tyrone Watkins, 35, Toledo, Oh.
49. Kenneth Edwards Williams, 23, Philadelphia, Miss.

Willamette Valley Animal Rescue facility in Brooks, Oregon

From left: Alicia Marie Inglish, Merissa Marie Noonan, and Amanda Noelle Oakley were all arrested on various charges, including animal neglect.

A summary of the facts as reported:

• 149 dogs were seized from a warehouse that were housed in make shift cages attached to dog runs that were only ten feet long, small travel crates designed for one dog and contained as many as 4 or 5 dogs each, and these crates were stacked one on top of the other leaning to one side.
• All the cages and crates contained sawdust for bedding soaked in urine and feces, dripping out of the stacked cages onto the floor of the warehouse
• Some of the cages were not large enough for the dogs to stand up or turn around in
• At least 120 of the dogs had visible signs of severe starvation and disease
• Some dogs were running loose in the warehouse. The warehouse floor was drenched in urine and feces
• The dogs were fed stale bread as their diet when dog food was not available
• None of the dogs had access to food and water

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Lexi Williams

with the dog she adopted from the Blount Co. TN shelter rightbre she moved to Fla. We have reason to believe he has already been sold. We were trying to keep this pic off of facebook until Blount Co could get an agency in Fla. to do a welfare check on their dog. Nobody will help them, so, I now have the go ahead to share this pic. The best we can hope for is to get this pic out to EVERYONE involved with a shelter or rescue so that she can be put on as many DNA lists as we can get her on!! The story seems to be changing as we go though, so, try to stick strictly with what we know. She is NOT known to fight them, she IS known to “flip” the dogs on craigslist to ANYONE that will buy thme, which could include fighters.