Mobile Police arrest three on dogfighting charges

UPDATE 10/26/2020 10:21 AM — Selwin Jerome Carson is the third arrest has been made on dogfighting charges and 2 counts of aggravated cruelty to animals.

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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police have arrested two men on dogfighting charges.

According to police, they got a call in reference to dogfighting around 10:50 Sunday morning. While on the way to that location, officers saw an SUV in the area of New Bay Bridge Road at Butt Street with a dog crate inside.

Officers pulled the vehicle over and saw a dog with injuries to its face in the crate. Both the driver and passenger were taken into custody.