The United States Attorney’s Office pushed for more stringent sentencing in the case of a Roanoke Rapids family charged with dogfighting while family members and friends asked for leniency.
Elton Gary was sentenced to 72 months of federal prison time for his role in a family-run dog fighting ring outside Roanoke Rapids.
A tentative sentencing date of October 11 has been set for a Roanoke Rapids man federally charged with dogfighting along with his parents, according to court records.
Arraignment and trial for Elton and Erica Gary is scheduled for the December term of court, according to records filed in their federal dogfighting and marijuana case.
United States Magistrate Judge Kimberly Swank today found Elton Gary, charged on federal dogfighting and marijuana counts, not suitable for pretrial release.
Charged by the Halifax County Sheriff's Office in 2013 with dogfighting and an indoor marijuana growing operation, a Roanoke Rapids couple now face federal charges on the same counts.
A woman charged in April with dogfighting now faces another count after investigation revealed she was a convicted federal felon in Virginia.