475-Year Sentence: US Man Receives Longest-Ever Prison Term For Facilitating Dog Fights
A Georgia man, Vincent Lemark Burrell, was sentenced to 475 years in prison for raising over 100 pit bulls for illegal dog fighting.
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Georgia Man Sentenced to 475 Years in Prison for Running Massive Dogfighting Ring
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Georgia Man Sentenced to 475 Years for Dogfighting
Vincent Lemark Burrell was found guilty last month of more than 100 counts of dogfighting and animal cruelty after dozens of dogs were found in poor condition at his home.
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Georgia man sentenced to record-breaking 400+ years in prison for dog fighting
Vincent Lemark Burrell, 57, of Dallas was sentenced to 475 years in prison after he was found guilty of 93 counts of dog fighting and 10 counts of animal cruelty in Paulding County in the metro Atlanta area.
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Georgia man sentenced to 475 years for dogfighting
They also discovered “numerous items associated with dogfighting,” including a chicken used to entice the dogs, a stick to pry open their jaws, a kit used to treat them after fights and “documents linking Burrell’s dogs to other known dog fighters,” according to the statement by the district attorney’s office.
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Man gets 475 years after 100 malnourished pit bulls found tied to trees in his backyard
A Georgia man was sentenced to 475 years in prison after authorities rescued more than 100 malnourished pit bulls tied to trees and metal stobs in his backyard in a dog-fighting ring bust.
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‘Not Fit for Humans, Much Less Dogs’: Man Gets 475 Years After 100 Malnourished Pit Bulls Found Tied Up in His Backyard
Vincent Lemark Burrell, 57, was found guilty of 103 counts, including 93 counts of dog fighting. Police found 107 dogs with heavy logging chains and thick collars tied to trees. The dogs had no access to food or water and were underweight or very underweight.
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Georgia man sentenced to nearly 500 years in prison over dog fighting, animal cruelty
Vincent Lemark Burrell was sentenced to nearly 500 years after being found guilty of 93 counts of dog fighting and 10 counts of animal cruelty.
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Paulding County man sentenced to nearly 500 years in prison for role in dogfighting operation, district attorney says
Vincent Lemark Burrell was arrested in 2022 after deputies discovered 106 dogs at his home. The dogs were tied to fence posts using heavy chains, a treadmill for dogs. Some of the dogs were housed in the basement of the home where the odor was so strong, deputies had to wear protective equipment.
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Georgia man sentenced to 475 years for dogfighting
Vincent Lemark Burrell, 57, of Dallas, Georgia, was found guilty by a jury on Jan. 30 of 93 counts of dogfighting. Authorities said they had found 107 dogs, many of them underweight, scarred and missing teeth, chained up in his yard in 2022.
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Paulding man’s 475-year prison sentence believed toughest ever for dogfighting
Vincent Lemark Burrell is sentenced to 475 years in prison. He was convicted of 93 counts of dogfighting and 10 counts of cruelty to animals. The sentence is believed to be the toughest ever for dogfighting, a prosecutor says. Investigators found 107 dogs tied to various objects at Burrell's home.
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A man was sentenced to 475 years for dogfighting. The sport is surprisingly prevalent
Vincent Lemark Burrell was found guilty of 93 counts of dogfighting and 10 counts of cruelty to animals. The judge sentenced him to the maximum on each of those 103 counts, to be served consecutively. Dogfighting involves breeding, conditioning and training dogs to fight for spectator entertainment.
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Georgia man sentenced to 475 years for massive dogfighting operation
DALLAS, Ga. — A Georgia man was sentenced to 475 years in prison after authorities rescued more than 100 malnourished pit bulls from a dogfighting operation
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Georgia man sentenced to nearly 500 years for facilitating dog fights, abusing animals
The case launched in 2022 when an Amazon delivery worker reported to authorities that several dogs were tied up with heavy chains on the defendant's property in Dallas, Georgia. Vincent Lemark Burrell, 57, denied being involved in dog fighting in court. It wasn't clear whether Burrell would appeal.
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Dog taken to court to hear Georgia man sentenced to 475 years in prison for abuse
Vincent Lemark Burrell, 57, was found guilty of 103 charges, including 93 counts of dog fighting and 10 counts of cruelty to animals. Police discovered 107 dogs in Burrell's yard, all with heavy chains around their necks. The animals were rescued and taken to Friends of the Forlorn Animal Rescue.
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Man sentenced to 475 years for dog fighting in Paulding County
A Paulding County man was sentenced to 475 years in prison Thursday. Vincent Burrell was convicted of 93 counts of dog fighting and 10 counts of cruelty to animals. A member of the State’s Prosecuting Attorneys Council believes it to be the longest prison sentence for dog fighting in the nation's history.
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