Man gets 4 years probation in Lawndale dog fighting operation

Friday, April 15, 2016
LAWNDALE (WPVI) -- A Philadelphia man who officials said ran a brutal dog fighting operation will spend the next four years on probation.

Antoine Talley was sentenced Thursday on charges of animal cruelty.
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In 2013, Talley ran dog fights in the city's Lawndale section.

Humane officers rescued five dogs from a home on Van Kirk Street.

All were scarred and injured, and one was emaciated.

Three had to be euthanized.
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