4 face charges after cockfighting bust in northeast Las Vegas
Four men are facing animal fighting charges in connection with a Sunday morning cockfighting bust in the northeast valley.
Jail records show 18-year-old Angel AlcalaSanchez Jr., 46-year-old Angel AlcalaSanchez Sr., 48-year-old Pablo Castellanos and 52-year-old Erasmo Fallad were booked into the Clark County Detention Center later that day.
The Metropolitan Police Department said about 40 people scrambled out of a home on the 4700 block of Judson Avenue, near Carey Avenue and Nellis Boulevard, just as police arrived at the scene.
According to police, a total of 440 roosters were seized by animal control and taken to the Animal Foundation. An additional 20 roosters were found dead at the scene.
Three of the men face a single count each of involvement in animal fighting, but Castellanos faces 19 counts of willfully or maliciously torturing, maiming or killing an animal in addition to the fighting charges.
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