Overview

• All 14 convicted participants from Georgia, Florida and Alabama received a combined 343 months in prison for organizing and attending a large-scale dogfighting event in Donalsonville, Georgia on April 24, 2022.
• Sentences range from 100 months for ring leader Donnametric Miller to six months of home confinement for Gary Hopkins, with others receiving terms between 18 and 35 months or credit for time served.
• Authorities seized and rescued 78 pit bull-type dogs during the investigation, including 27 animals on the night of the raid and one found fatally injured in a blood-soaked pit.
• Investigators recovered methamphetamine and seized cellphones containing text chains, fight reports and videos documenting the participants’ extensive involvement in the dogfighting industry.
• The court also ordered defendants to pay restitution for veterinary care and shelter costs as part of a probe led by the USDA-OIG, Seminole County and Bay County sheriff’s offices and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.