John D. Murphy has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for possessing dogs for dogfighting. The ruling mandates three months of community confinement and three years of supervised release. He is fined $10,000 and banned from owning pitbull-type dogs. Over 25 years, Murphy trained dogs to fight for profit, which was illegal and disturbing. Authorities found nine dogs with fight scars and dogfighting materials at his home during a 2023 search. Murphy pled guilty to nine counts of animal possession for dog fighting after being indicted in March 2024.
For 25 years, Mr. Murphy brutalized defenseless animals for profit and sport - training them to fight, suffer and die for his own financial gain. His actions were not only illegal but deeply disturbing.
This sentencing marks a historic moment in the first federal dogfighting conviction in Massachusetts and serves as a stark warning: Those who engage in this barbaric practice will be exposed, prosecuted and punished.
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