- Conviction
- Buying, possessing, transporting, and receiving an animal for participation in an animal-fighting venture.
- Date
- Plea September 2018; sentenced 2019-02-26
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South Carolina animal-cruelty convictions
PawWatch Registry publishes final convictions supported by an official court, prosecutor, law-enforcement, or government registry source. Records are rechecked for corrections and removals.
13 verified recordsReview in progressLast reviewed 2026-09-01
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- Conviction
- Two counts of ill treatment of animals and one count of presence at a facility of animal fighting or baiting.
- Date
- Plea 2025-09-03; sentencing reported 2025-09-23
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to participate in animal fighting venture; possession of dog for fighting
- Date
- Not stated
- Conviction
- Cruelty to a police dog or horse, alongside non-animal offenses
- Date
- Guilty plea 2026-05-18
- Conviction
- Four counts abandonment of animals, reduced from original ill-treatment/torture/cruel-work charges
- Date
- Guilty plea 2024-11-12
- Conviction
- Four felony counts ill-treatment of animals
- Date
- Guilty plea 2024-04-09
- Conviction
- Animal fighting and ill treatment of animals
- Date
- Guilty plea 2022-08-23
- Conviction
- One felony count of sponsoring or exhibiting an animal in an animal fighting venture involving cockfighting.
- Date
- Convicted 2023-10-20; sentenced 2024-03-06
- Conviction
- Federal animal-fighting conviction for buying, possessing, training, transporting, and receiving animals for participation in an animal-fighting venture.
- Date
- Convicted 2019-10-14; later sentence affirmed 2024-08-14
- Conviction
- One federal count of animal crushing under the PACT Act for burning a puppy alive.
- Date
- 2026-04-16
- Conviction
- Operating a dogfighting venture and being a felon in possession of a firearm
- Date
- 2025-11-19
- Conviction
- Thirty felony counts of ill treatment of animals (torture) involving 28 dogs and 2 cats found deceased.
- Date
- 2025-10-30
- Conviction
- One count of cruelty to a police dog or horse for fatally shooting SLED K9 Coba, alongside separate burglary, attempted-murder, and resisting-arrest offenses.
- Date
- 2025-03-17