High-Level Pentagon Official Arrested in Dogfighting Bust, Accused of Killing Dogs That Lost Fights

‘Law enforcement also recovered veterinary steroids, training schedules, a carpet that appeared to be stained with blood, and a weighted dog vest with a patch reading ‘Geehad Kennels,’’ a Department of Justice statement reads.

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'A Dog Fight at Kit Burn’s,' by Edward Winslow Martin, from 'The Secrets of the Great City,' 1868. Via Wikimedia Commons

A deputy chief information officer at the Pentagon, Frederick Douglass Moorefield, was arrested last week alongside two associates for allegedly training fighting dogs for more than 20 years.

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