37 charged in cockfighting ring

eatmorecollards (anonymous) says...

After spending a little time riding behind a tractor trailer rig on I-95 that was hauling thousands of chickens to a processing plant. Cock fighting doesn't seem all that inhumane anymore.

April 19, 2009 at 5:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

AMAZING (anonymous) says...

Those charged with cockfighting include:
Romero Humberto, 47, of Hilton Head
Abel Hernandez, 34, of Early Branch
Jaime Sanchez, 27, Ridgeland
Rodulfo Lopez, 44, of Hilton Head
Edgar Rodrigues , 23, of Hilton Head
Ricardo Navarete, 30, of Ridgeland
Hugo Yanez, 32, of Hardeeville
Omar Tobar, 29, of Hardeeville
Mendez Cornejo, 22, of Mexico
Daniel Ebri of Hilton Head
Pedro Sanchez of Hardeeville
Ricardo Gonzalez of Hilton Head
Hector Lopez, 36, of Hilton Head
Antonio Guebara, 56, of Hardeeville
Garsia Mauro Sanchez, 34, of Hardeeville
Jose Charre, 33, of Swansea
Juvenal Corejo Flores, 40, of Hilton Head
Angel Ramirez Parra, 27, of Beaufort
Antonio Barrera Trejo, 35, of Hilton Head
Hector Manuel Ibargue, 26, of Hardeeville
Lucio Oriel Tello-Perez, 31, of Southern Pines, N.C.
Javier Cornejo, 34, of Hilton Head
Jose Joel Cornejo, 44, of Carollton, Ga.
Francisco Montalvo Moreno, 21, of Columbia, S.C.
Oscar Rangel Musico, 28, of Batesburg, S.C.
Alfredo Ortiz, 27, of Mexico
Juan Garcia, 32, of Hilton Head
Joel Cornejo, 24, of Mexico
Hugo Musico, 31, of Aiken
Salvador Juarez Sanchez, 36, of Mexico
Pedro Antonio Garcia, 19, of Texas
Enrique Camacho Garcia, 37, of North Carolina
Douglas Eugene Shipes, 25, of Hardeeville
Ector Sanchez, 30, of Bluffton
Maria Ortiz, 20, of Ridge Spring, S.C.
Ricardo Comacho, 32, of Bluffton
Bartolome Martinez, 17, of Hilton Head

April 19, 2009 at 11:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

fyrefighter273 (anonymous) says...

How in the he!! can all of these immigrants afford to live in Hilton Head? Who is there to mow grass? Anybody mention their immigration status?

April 19, 2009 at 11:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

babeegurl (anonymous) says...

well look at it this way we just sent a whole bunch of them back home!!!!

April 19, 2009 at 11:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

AMAZING (anonymous) says...

Thirty-seven people have been arrested in Hampton County, charged with cockfighting.

The incident happened in the Early Branch area. Most of the suspects are from the Lowcountry, but others are from as far away as Texas and Mexico.

Several agencies participated in the operation, including the Hampton County Sheriff's Office, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, and the Department of Natural Resources.

From Hampton County Sheriff's Office:
A $500 cash bond was set by Judge Algie Solomons on each of the suspects. This was a first offense cockfighting, which is a misdemeanor offense which could result in a fine of $1,000. Several of the suspects have been released although the exact number is not known at this time.

http://www.wsav.com/sav/news/local/ar...

April 19, 2009 at 11:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

AMAZING (anonymous) says...

Mark Sanford avoiding the topic of illegal immigration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHJohB...

April 19, 2009 at 11:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

sardis12 (anonymous) says...

I've never seen "z" so many times in one place in all my life...

April 19, 2009 at 2:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Two_Sheds (anonymous) says...

Wasn't it just last year that those illegals were found in a West Ashley neighborhood cruelly stuffing a Canada goose into a bucket to take home and eat? What's wrong with these people?!

April 19, 2009 at 3:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

SCPDBLUE (anonymous) says...

Has the Hampton County Sheriff's spokeswoman Shellie Murdaugh called I.C.E to have these ILLEGAL ALIENS deported?

April 19, 2009 at 10:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

spengler (anonymous) says...

Cockfighting is legal in ole mex. someone should have warned the sombreros.

April 20, 2009 at 6:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

lawrendm (anonymous) says...

First offense cockfighting is a misdemeanor that carries a fine of up to $1,000????? LUDICROUS. No wonder this horrible, inhumane act repeatedly occurs.

April 20, 2009 at 9:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

mb300sl (anonymous) says...

What an interesting list of names...how many are illegals?

April 20, 2009 at 10:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

SCriverrat (anonymous) says...

I would have to say that most of you are ignorant. This article doesn't state their legal status anywhere and just because their names are hispanic doesn't mean that they are illegal. You guys need to get past the race issue. The problem here is that these individuals broke the law with cockfighting, which in my opinion isn't really that inhumane either considering all of you guys commenting on this board have probably enjoyed a nice chicken sandwhich recently and enjoyed the heck out of it. I don't understand why you don't care about another human being as much as the damn roosters.

April 20, 2009 at 10:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

AMAZING (anonymous) says...

"SCriverrat", the odds are that they are ALL illegal aliens.

You can try to play the race card but it's not going to work.

I smell a coverup and a river rat.

Hampton County and the 14th Judicial Circut is about as corrupt as you can possibly get.

April 20, 2009 at 11:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

theronce (anonymous) says...

Once enough of these folks get registered to vote, then we may have a new state sport to rival the CU/USC rivalry.

April 20, 2009 at 12:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

AMAZING (anonymous) says...

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 16-17-650, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COCKFIGHTING, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR THE OFFENSE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

"Section 16-17-650.

(A) A person who engages in or is present at cockfighting or game fowl fighting or illegal game fowl testing or who possesses birds for the purpose of cockfighting or game fowl fighting is guilty of a:

(1) misdemeanor felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars but not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than six months but not more than one year five years for a first offense; or

(2) misdemeanor felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one thousand dollars but not more than three thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than one year but not more than three five years for a second or subsequent offense.

(B) For purposes of this section, "illegal game fowl testing" means allowing game fowl to engage in physical combat:

(1) with or without spurs or other artificial items while in the presence of more than five spectators;

(2) under any circumstances while employing spurs or other artificial items or with the injection or application of a stimulant substance; or

(3) for purposes of or in the presence of wagering or gambling.

(C) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A)(1) must be tried exclusively in summary court.

(D) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A)(2) this section is subject to the forfeiture of monies, negotiable instruments, and securities specifically gained or used to engage in or further a violation of this section pursuant to Section 16-27-55.

http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess118_2...

April 20, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

jammanofdi (anonymous) says...

Riverrat is a cockfighting, illegal immigrant...

April 20, 2009 at 3:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

SCriverrat (anonymous) says...

That's it!! You caught me! :)

I think it's hilarious how some of you will let out all these racial comments on the internet, but would never say it in person. I'm a cover up for who and for what? I don't condone cockfighting and I'm not for the racial talk either. Sorry that I stand up for what I believe, meaning speaking of people as people not dirt. It's surprising how some of you have the guts to say things that could possibly hurt another person's feelings, that's cruel all in itself.

April 20, 2009 at 4:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

SCriverrat (anonymous) says...

So go ahead AMAZING let us know your full name and see if I'm not saying the truth.

I smell a chicken or cock whatever you want to call it. :)

April 20, 2009 at 4:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

AMAZING (anonymous) says...

racial talk? SCriverrat? racial talk?

Face it river rat, THEY ARE ILLEGALS!

DID YOU HEAR ME?

THEY ARE FREAKIN' ILLEGALS.

The coverup is coming from Law Enforcement.

Where is ICE? Where are the Feds? The podunk Sheriff and local bozo's in Hampton County are not going after the illegals or their illegal activity.

April 20, 2009 at 6:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

AMAZING (anonymous) says...

SC poultry plant manager faces immigration charge

Apr. 16, 2009

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The manager of a Greenville poultry plant has been indicted on a charge he knowingly hired illegal immigrants as the investigation into hiring practices at Columbia Farms took another step up the management ladder.

Barry Cronic began hiring illegal workers in 2000 and kept hiring them until a plant raid in October 2008, according to an indictment handed up Wednesday.

Last October, federal agents raided the plant during a shift change. Employees screamed and scrambled to get away, but agents blocked the entrances and found more than 300 workers who were in the U.S. illegally, most of them from Mexico or Central American countries, authorities said.

Personnel manager Elaine Crump also was indicted Wednesday on a similar charge. She already faces 20 counts of telling workers to use falsified immigration documents and has pleaded not guilty.

Cronic's indictment marked another step up the organizational chart at Columbia Farms. The plant is owned by House of Raeford. Prosecutors have refused to say if the probe would eventually end up at corporate headquarters.

"This isn't the end of the investigation. We're following the information where it goes," assistant U.S. attorney Kevin McDonald said.

Most of the more than 300 illegal workers swept up in the raid have been deported, McDonald said. He added that the exceptions are about 20 people who have pleaded guilty and are serving time in prison for criminal charges such as using illegal documents and false Social Security numbers or re-entering the country illegally.

The Raeford, N.C., company processes chickens and turkeys in plants in North Carolina, South Carolina and Louisiana. Its Greenville plant stayed closed for less than a month after the raid.

http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/...

April 20, 2009 at 10:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

AMAZING (anonymous) says...

What Illegal Aliens Have Done To Saluda SC!

http://www.americanshavehadenough.org...

April 20, 2009 at 10:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )