The Guilford County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that, on the morning of Wednesday, July 20, the department served and executed a search warrant at 1209 Penny Road in High Point, and – during the execution of the warrant – officers discovered dogs that were allegedly part of a dog-fighting training operation.
In all, 15 dogs were seized – three adult male dogs, three adult females and nine newborn puppies.
The property owner – 51-year-old Toriano Marcellus Cave – was arrested and charged with one felony count of violating North Carolina General Statute 14-362.2(b), which falls under the animal cruelty section of state law.
That statute states, “A person who owns, possesses, or trains a dog with the intent that the dog be used in an exhibition featuring the baiting of that dog or the fighting of that dog with another dog or with another animal is guilty of a Class H felony.”
According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Department, the investigation was conducted with assistance from employees from Guilford County Animal Services, the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the United States Department of Agriculture.
The Guilford County Sheriff’s Department, in the press release, expressed its gratitude to those three agencies for their assistance.
The department stated that this is an ongoing criminal investigation and added that, at the present time, no further information will be released.
Anyone with information on the situation is being asked to contact Guilford County Sheriff’s Department Detective Weavil at 336-641-5988 or to call Guilford County Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000.
Really? That’s the picture you lead with the story? Why not the THUG that was raising dogs to be killed? Why not pictures of how these dogs are treated…surely there are plenty of killed pit bulls from Michael Vick’s fall from grace. Your portrayal of this type of dog is sadly one sided. Have you not been to the shelter to see that is 95% of dogs housed there. You have done a grave injustice to this type of dog.
Maybe the story should be about how the shelter and county were made aware of this situation back in the summer of 2018 and did nothing!!! There’s your story!!
Throw the SOB in a deep pit full of angry hungry Pit Bulls but make it fair. Give him a pair of dull nail clippers Sorry piece of crap. I hope he rots in hell