New Hampshire
Search found 76 roosters and 261 chicks on property used for cockfighting
CONCORD (WGME) – A woman was sentenced in federal court on Friday for illegal cockfighting in New Hampshire and North Carolina.
Jennifer Scott, 42, of Chester, was sentenced to one year of probation where she is forbidden from owning or raising roosters or chickens. Scott also faces a fine of $2,500.
Scott was found guilty of using her property in New Hampshire to raise and train roosters for cockfighting, sometimes transporting roosters to North Carolina to trade and illegally compete with other roosters.
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During a search warrant on her property, law enforcement found various cockfighting training tools as well as 76 roosters, 84 hens, 261 chicks, and an egg incubator.