Around Our Area: Dogfighting operation uncovered in Thomasville

From the Thomasville Times-Enterprise:

Following up on a complaint midafternoon Friday, animal control officers uncovered what appears to be a dogfighting operation in the city.

Thomasville-Thomas County Humane Society animal control officers, responding to a report about animals at the location, found what appears to be dogfighting equipment and paraphernalia. The Humane Society has several open cases on animals at the location.

In addition to dogs and a cat, animal control and police officers found a treadmill and swim tank used in training fighting dogs at the 512 N. Stevens St. residence.

“When walking toward the rear of the house, they saw a white adult cat in a very small cage with no food, water or shelter,” said Maj. Eric Hampton, Thomasville Police Department (TPD) public information officer. Read More at Thomasville Times-Enterprise

Colquitt County teen injured after being hit in the face with a chain

A Norman Park teen-ager suffered apparently minor injuries when another man hit him in the face with a chain during a confrontation in a Moultrie parking lot.

Joseph Glass, 19, did not require medical attention at the scene in the 600 block of Veterans Parkway South near Magnolia Lane that is sometimes used as a hangout spot, Moultrie Police Department Inv. Eric Hill said.

Police have classified the incident as an aggravated assault.

“They had an altercation,” Hill said. “The offender had a chain and hit the victim with the chain.” Read more about the case and see the Moultrie / Colquitt County arrest report at the Moultrie Observer