WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED TWO MEN IN CONNECTION WITH A COCK FIGHTING RING IN THE COUNTY AND IN PARRISH. DEPUTIES RECEIVED A TIP THAT THE ROOSTERS WERE AT A HOME ON IBIS STREET IN SARASOTA, AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THEY ARRESTED 29 YEAR OLD PEDRO CALDERA-GARCIA, WHO LIVES THERE. GARCIA TOLD DETECTIVES THAT HE HOUSED THE ROOSTERS, WHICH WERE SHAVED BELOW THE BREAST FOR FIGHTING, BUT HE WAS NOT THE OWNER. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON ANIMAL FIGHTING CHARGES AND IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND, BUT SARASOTA SHERIFF’S SPOKESMAN CHUCK LESALTATO TOLD WENG NEWS THAT MIGUEL ALVARADO-MARTINEZ ACTUALLY TRIED TO CLAIM THE ROOSTERS FROM ANIMAL CONTROL. THE 42 YEAR OLD ALVARADO-MARTINEZ WAS ALSO BOOKED ON MULTIPLE ANIMAL CRUELTY AND FIGHTING CHARGES. LESALTATO SAYS THEY ARE FAR FROM DONE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION. ALVARADO-MARTINEZ IS ALSO BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL. "
