Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri Michael Reap announced today that his office has indicted five men on federal dog-fighting charges.During an early-morning raid, law enforcement officials arrested Michael "Missouri Mike" Morgan, of Hannibal; Robert Hackman, of Foley; Teddy Kiriakidis, of Leasburg; Ronald Creach, of Leslie, and Jack Ruppel, of Eldon.The feds also seized more than 150 pit bulls in the raid.Wikimedia CommonsMissouri no likey people who are mean to pit bulls
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Less than three months after being indicted, five Missouri men pleaded guilty Monday to federal dog-fighting charges. How's that for a bloodless surrender?
www.dailyrft.comFour of the five Eastern Missouri men involved in a massive dog-fighting ring got prison sentences today. Teddy Kiriakidis, of Leasburg, and Ronald Creach, of Leslie, owner of the Hard Goodbye Kennel, will each do eighteen months in the pen. Robert Hackman, of Foley, owner of the Shake Rattle & Roll Kennel, and Michael Morgan, of Hannibal, owner of the Cannibal Kennel, each got a year and a day (a sentence that might allow them to be released sooner for good behavior, beca