UPDATE: The person arrested following the alleged dogfighting bust was identified as 34-year-old Kerry Jones of Tyler.
Jones is being held at the Smith County Jail under a combined bond of $560,000. He is being charged with cruelty to non-livestock animals and participating in the earnings of or operations of a facility used for dog fighting.
Sgt. Larry Christian with the Smith County Sheriff’s Office said they are working on leads to find the other individual involved.
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The Smith County Sheriff’s Office said one person was detained after an alleged dogfighting bust on County Road 4136 north of Tyler on Monday.
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Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith held a press conference at the scene and said that Smith County Animal Control was notified at around 11:50 a.m. after someone found wounded dogs near a home on CR …