OKLAHOMA (KAUZ) – According to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, a man has been indicted with violations of dog fighting prohibitions of the federal Animal Welfare Act.
Leshon Eugene Johnson is charged with possessing 190 pit bull-type dogs for the use of animal fighting, selling, transporting, and delivering
Federal authorities seized the 190 dogs from Johnson in October 2024, which is believed to be the largest number of dogs ever seized from a single person in a federal dog fighting case.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma said Johnson operated a dog fighting operation known as “Mal Kant Kennels” in Broken Arrow and Haskell. Johnson was previously charged with operating an operation called “Krazyside Kennels”, according to court documents.
The FBI’s Shreveport Resident Agency office is investigating the case, and if convicted, Johnson faces a maximum penalty for each count of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
According to court documents, Johnson had been breeding “champion” fighting dogs to have traits that would help win more fights. The offspring were then sold to other dog fighters.
The prosecution of an alleged repeat offender will disrupt a major source of dogs used in other dog fighting ventures, according to the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD).
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