KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Two Kansas City, Kan., men have been charged as a result of a federal investigation into organized dog fighting. Pete Davis, Jr., 38,and 41-year-old Melvin Robinson, 41, were indicted with one count of buying, selling, delivering or transporting animals for participation in an animal fighting venture, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. Davis and Robinson are accused of owning as many as 60 dogs — mostly pit bulls — that they trained and took to dog fights, Grissom said. They kept the dogs at a farm in Harrison County, Mo., and at their homes in Kansas City, he said. They took some of the dogs to fights as far away as Dallas, Grissom said. Grissom also thanked the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for agreeing to house and care for dogs that were seized by investigators.
Tuesday, March 26, 3 p.m.
