KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–One man from Kosciusko, one from Sallis and one from Lexington were arrested along with five other people from Mississippi in a dogfighting bust in Hart County, Georgia. Twenty-seven people were arrested in all.
The arrestees included eith Montel Skinner, 33, of Kosciusko; Charles Jamaruez Wilson, 38, of Sallis and Jahim Brown, 23, of Lexington.
All of the other Mississippi residents were from Jackson.
The ring was discovered Friday, Oct. 30 when a Hart County deputy was called about a lot of cars parked on a county road. When he got there he could hear dogs barking and growling in the woods and saw dog crates, some of them bloody, in the cars.
The deputy arrested some people on the spot. When backup arrived, they found 20 people hiding in the woods and in fields. Four more people drove up and were busted.
All of the people arrested are charged with dogfighting and animal cruelty.
