The Tangipahoa Sheriff’s Office says three people face animal cruelty charges after deputies executing a narcotics search warrant also discovered an alleged dog fighting operation.
The sheriff’s office says on January 28, TPSO narcotics agents were searching a home on Marie Drive in Hammond when they discovered what they say are tools commonly used in dog fighting.
“As agents made their way throughout the house and into the back yard, they began to observe tools commonly used to train dogs to fight and scattered medical supplies,” the sheriff’s office explained in a statement. “Further into the back yard near a canal embankment, was a secured 10 x 10 wooden box with three-foot sides, that appeared to be the common area for the dogs to fight.”
The sheriff’s office says 12 dogs were rescued from the yard by Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control.
TPSO also says the narcotics search resulted in the seizing of a large number of illegal narcotics, drug paraphernalia, a single stack handgun with a silencer suppressor, and cash.
TPSO also says the narcotics search resulted in the seizing of a large number of illegal narcotics, drug paraphernalia, a single stack handgun with a silencer suppressor, and cash.
Calvin Brown,40, Zanobya Abron Brown,32, and Tyler Pines,20, were all arrested and face several narcotics charges in addition to the numerous animal cruelty charges says the sheriff’s office.
