Sweet Employees You’ve Got There, Department of Defense
BY Herschel Smith
1 year, 1 month ago
A senior member of the Pentagon’s communications staff is among two Anne Arundel County men charged with promoting and furthering an illegal dog fighting operation, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Thursday.
Frederick Douglass Moorefield Jr., 62, of Arnold, and Mario Damon Flythe, 49, of Glen Burnie, and their associates used encrypted messaging “to discuss how to train the dogs for illegal dogfighting, exchanged videos about dogfighting, and arranged and coordinated dogfights,” Department of Justice officials said in a news release Monday. Moorefield operated under the name “Geehad Kennels,” and Flythe under the name “Razor Sharp Kennels” to describe their respective dogfighting operations, the complaint states.
The complaint, announced by U.S. Attorney Erek Barron, also alleges that Moorefield and Flythe used the encrypted messaging application to discuss betting on fights, dogs that died as a result of fighting, and how to conceal their operation from police. They also shared media reports about dogfighters caught by law enforcement, authorities say.
The news release identified Moorefield as a deputy chief information officer for command, control and communications for the Office of the Secretary of Defense; he and Flythe were released pending trial. If convicted, each faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for possessing, training or transporting animals for an animal fighting operation.
Law enforcement officers who executed search warrants Sept. 6 at the homes of Moorefield and Flythe recovered 12 dogs. Also found in that search were veterinary steroids, training schedules, carpet with apparent bloodstains, a weighted dog vest with a patch that read “Geehad Kennels,” and a makeshift electrical device typically used to kill dogs that lose fights, according to the affidavit filed in support of the complaint.
The only reason a man does something like this is because he is a wicked sociopath. It isn’t because of the money involved. Enjoy your time in prison, jerk.
On October 3, 2023 at 10:02 pm, X said:
“Diversity is our greatest strength…”
On October 3, 2023 at 11:10 pm, Stealth Spaniel said:
Let me save the government a whole lot of money. I can get 12 folks from any dog rescue to try and convict these assholes. Then-we can dish out the punishment. Believe me, I won’t be the only one to enjoy the festivities. These 2 psychopaths deserve nothing but equal treatment under the law.
On October 4, 2023 at 5:09 am, dave in pa. said:
I kind of like the idea of old school way of taking care of assholes like this.
tie them down at low tide and let the crabs eat them alive. seems like a fitting of dealing
with them. and besides, the crabs need to eat too right ?
but it is something you will find in the “hood” for some reason. I am not a stranger to fighting by any means. but I never thought of it as a “sport” or something to watch.
fighting is something I had to do at times growing up in philly. and rules ? never heard of any back then. dog fights are just sick. and these assholes ? feed the crabs with them!
On October 5, 2023 at 1:02 pm, luke2236 said:
More of those dangerous White supremacists again….
Stealth Spaniel is right – cover em in strips of bacon and let their own dogs go to town…
On October 6, 2023 at 9:30 pm, snuffy said:
I knew before I saw the pics. Son of a gun, I was right.
On October 7, 2023 at 8:08 am, HouseWolf said:
The real dog in this fight is the use of “encrypted” messaging, which means “look at this first…”
The infospace is fully compromised.