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Wednesday, February 01, 2012  A woman accused of taping her husband's dog fights appeared in an Adams County courtroom Wednesday.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012  A Hannibal man has been sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to three felony counts of dog fighting in Ralls County.

Friday, December 30, 2011  The Adams County man seen on Youtube with animal cruelty videos is going to prison.

Friday, November 18, 2011  The wife of an Adams County man in jail on animal torture and animal abuse charges is now facing her own charges.

Friday, October 21, 2011  After reviewing videtape that was posted to You Tube, the Adams County States Attorney files 10 felony counts of animal torture against an Adams County man.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 

Wednesday, December 09, 2009  The convictions resulted from the largest coordinated multistate raids on dogfighting in U.S. history.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009  The four men connected to a multi state dog fighting ring that included a man from Ralls County Missouri are sentenced in federal court in St. Louis.

Monday, September 14, 2009  Five men have pleaded guilty to federal dog fighting charges.

Monday, September 14, 2009  Four of the men accused in a federal dog fighting case will please guilty today in St. Louis fedeal court.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009  A 38 year old Hannibal man is one of five people facing federal indictment on felony dog fighting charges.

Thursday, January 31, 2008  Watching a dog fight in Iowa could soon be a felony.A bill under a consideration in the House would put more teeth in an animal fighting bill passed in 2005. That law makes it a felony for the person engaged in dog fighting, but only an aggravated misdemeanor for the spectators.