Posts Tagged ‘sport’

Couple accused of taking money from dart association

by Associated Press Published: April 1,2013

Tags: arrest, association, crime, darts, embezzle, embezzlement, law, law enforcement, legal, sport, sports, steal, theft

ST. MARTIN — Authorities say a Jackson County couple accused of taking money from a dart association face an embezzlement charge. Biloxi police investigator David Shoemaker tells The Sun Herald 41-year-old Vica Ann Dees and 42-year-old Bryson John Dees, of St. Martin, allegedly took more than $14,000 from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Dart Association over [...] [...]

Animal rights group want cockfighting made a felony

by Associated Press Published: January 31,2013

Tags: animal rights, cockfight, cockfighter, cockfighting, felony, illegal, law, lawmaker, legal, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, misdemeanor, sport, state government

JACKSON — Cockfighting is big business because Mississippi has the second weakest cockfighting law in the nation, according to Humane Society of the United States. John Goodwin, HSUS’ director of animal cruelty policy, said Mississippi lawmakers should make the illegal, underground sport a felony. “This cruel blood sport is wide and pervasive in various nooks [...] [...]

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