Santerrio Montinez Smith

Columbia, SC

Conviction: Federal animal-fighting conviction for buying, possessing, training, transporting, and receiving animals for participation in an animal-fighting venture.
Conviction or sentencing date: Convicted 2019-10-14; later sentence affirmed 2024-08-14
Sentence: 300 months aggregate federal imprisonment across animal-fighting and separate drug convictions; do not attribute the full term solely to the animal count.
Case number: 3:17-cr-00811-MGL-10; 4th Cir. No. 22-4446
Last source verification: 2026-09-27