This column is part of a weekly round-up of notable Chatham County grand jury indictments and court decisions.

In the US state of Georgia, a man has been sentenced to almost 500 years in prison for dog fighting and related animal cruelty. This is the longest-known sentence in connection with dog fighting. The ...

A Georgia man was sentenced to 475 years in prison for facilitating dogfights last week, an eye-popping punishment that ...

Vincent Lemark Burrell was sentenced to nearly 500 years after being found guilty of 93 counts of dog fighting and 10 counts of animal cruelty.

A man from Paulding County, Georgia, was found guilty of dog fighting and cruelty to animals and was sentenced to 475 years behind bars. Vincent Lemark Burrell was found guilty of 93 counts of dog ...

A man who was arrested with over 100 dogs and equipment at his Georgia home got the maximum ... Dogfighting involves breeding, conditioning and training dogs to fight for spectator entertainment and ...

Burrell was arrested that same day for "breeding, training, and facilitating over one hundred pit bulls in conjunction with dog fighting" at ... to wear protective equipment to enter the home ...

dogs with mangled or cropped ears and scarring predominantly on their face, chest, and legs as well as the presence of equipment like treadmills, break-sticks and fighting pit structures whether ...

It's the longest known sentence involving dog fighting anywhere, state animal crimes resource prosecutor Jessica K. Rock, also a special assistant U.S. attorney based in Georgia, said by email Monday.