Last Monday, following years of police investigations and an LFT petition garnering nearly 15,000 signatures, a Richmond, Virginia man was finally convicted on 37 counts of animal cruelty and dogfighting.
Although officials had known about the operation since 2016, little action was taken until last November, when over two dozen pit bulls were rescued from the property after a nearby resident reported an incident in which a dog had been shot after killing a hog.
When Dinwiddie County officers attempted to locate the injured dog to provide aid, they discovered various pens, boxes, and cages full of dogs. Upon further inspection, they found even more evidence of dogfighting, including syringes and dogs with injuries consistent with having been used for fighting.
A subsequent search warrant produced yet more disturbing dogfighting paraphernalia, such as photos, weights, medication, scales, and training equipment.
The macabre discovery prompted LFT to create a petition urging local authorities to thoroughly investigate and prosecute the case, in hopes of ensuring that the sadistic operation would be shut down for good.
Eldridge entered what is known as an Alford Plea, which essentially means that he asserts his innocence while admitting that there’s enough evidence to convict him. He’ll be sentenced in February, and we urge the court to treat this case with the severity it deserves, and ban this man from ever keeping an animal again.
CRIMES AGAINST ANIMALS MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY — the DEPRAVED indifference to Animals by Mr. Imbecile Eldridge is unconscionably cruel — WHY would a decent & respectable society allow these PSYCHOS to get away with their obscene horrors — clearly, these individuals should be NOWHERE NEAR animals — EVER AGAiN — ENSURE this idiot NEVER adopts again — PUNISHMENTS & PENALTIES MUST BE SEVERE — let’s get some STIFF LAWS and ENFORCE them — We do NOT WANT REPEATS of crimes against Animals.
Hope this psychos locked up for a long time
The groomer MUST HAVE HIS GROOMING LICENSE REMOVED FOR EVER, BCZ ANIMALS ARE IN DANGER WITH SUCH A GUY, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE RUNS A BUSINESS WITH ANIMALS!!!.
HE MUST BE BANNED T BE AROUND ANIMALS FOR ALL HIS LIFE FOR THEIR SAFETY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cruelty needs to STOP!
Plz prosecutor!! Phil
I’m so happy these petitions are used to prosecute these sick people!! i will always keep signing !! i’m glad justice was served on this one!
You are absolutely right.
The people who did this are monsters. They should be forced to fight each other until all are dead.
I cannot understand why it is necessary for thousands of people to have to PLEAD with authorities to impose a full sentence for cruelty to animals.
Dog fighting is appalling cruelty, killing animals with blowtorches, beating, stabbing – all the horrendous ways that psychopaths find to kill and maim helpless creatures – and STILL concerned people have to BEG the Judiciary to enact the penalties available to them.
Well, this uncaring behaviour is actually NOT DOING THE JOB FOR WHICH YOU ARE BEING WELL PAID. How about everyone votes the people who could bring pressure to bear on the Judiciary out of office at the next election? How about quizzing the candidates, picking one who actually sincerely loves animals and has the guts to stand up and be counted?
Yes dianna I whole heartedly agree. Get some lawmakers in the system who understand the cruelty and is not going to stand for.crazy, mindless morons running around torturing, abusing and killing animals and expecting to get off with a plea, a slap on the wrist and BAIL!!! Lawmakers who won’t back down on giving these brainless twits the punishment they deserve without having to hear from outraged people and reading signed petitions. Whatever the laws are attempting to do and has been doing….IS…. NOT….WORKING. Something has got to give and something has to change. There need to be more.pain and torture for these creeps to let them feel and go through what they are inflicting on these poor, sweet, innocent animals. These animals are dying in vain. My heart cries for each and every animal horrifically abused by human hands. So, so sad.
Thank you so much for helping animals you are all they have bless you
Eldridge and anyone involved in this must be punished so severely that they and other dog fighting gangs will be deterred from this evil act.
I can’t believe the cops knew about this. This petition set them straight, that they were allowing a dangerous, violent torturous situation on innocent animals, who were begging for our help! Good Work!!!
Add another zero.
Well done to the police for tracking him down. Glad to hear of his imprisonment, but sentence should have been at least doubled for such a horrific crime.
I hope this sadistic, vicious dross serves every minute of his sentence.
Shame this person didnt get life.
Laws need to change. They will only change if enough people demand it. Keep speaking up!
Banned? How stupid . Don’t these judges know this is basically bullshit.Why can’t these people running these fights receive real justice from the law?
asi debe ser hay que investigar a fondo y hacerle pagar por todos el maltrato y sufrimiento a los perros
I hope they ban this evil man from ever owning an animal, and also give him a prison sentence to deter other abusers.
Bann? REALLY? This POS Should be Buried under a cell alive and left to Rot!!! He has been before the courts before several years ago and was fined with a ban order for 5 yrs! Yet before his Ban was even up he was caught again! Then they let his ass continue to torture and murder these dogs for 2 more years before they even moved in ARE YOU KIDDING ME!
Banned? How about jail time for all the lives this depraved fuck has tortured and destroyed!!
Why didn’t the authorities do something about this as soon as they knew about it?? These people deserve punishment as well. It is high time to crack down on abusers no matter who or where they are.
Ban him from having any animals EVER and make absolutely sure that his jail sentence is served with people … who are also animal lovers, who would undoubtedly … teach him the error of his ways!
LONG PRISON TIME FOR THIS JERK…MAYBE HE’LL GET TREATED BADLY BY THE PRISONERS! GET A TASTE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE!
I hear these ppl never get a thing done to them and they know it.
Dar, That is Exactly why these A..Holes continue to Abuse and torture animals cause when it comes to animal laws our Judicial system SUCKS and they know it! (0% of the time they get a slap on the wrist and go right back to it! Which is complete BS if they disregard an animals life in such a manner how do they think they feel about any other life! These subhumans feel like they are above the law!
Major felony charges should be filed. This person must serve prison time. He is not safe to be around.
“Eldridge”, is a STRONG case for mandatory sterilization.