Overview

• Johnson surrendered 190 pit bull-type dogs, the largest number ever seized from a single individual in a federal dogfighting case, and they remain in U.S. Marshals Service custody
• Prosecutors detailed how his Mal Kant Kennels operations in Broken Arrow and Haskell, Oklahoma, bred and trafficked champion and grand champion fighting dogs for illegal matches
• He faces up to five years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 per count under the Animal Welfare Act when he is formally sentenced
• Attorney General Pamela Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel publicly condemned his actions and highlighted the Justice Department’s renewed focus on animal-cruelty enforcement
• The conviction follows a prior 2004 state guilty plea for dogfighting, underscoring Johnson’s repeat offenses over more than two decades