Defense Department Official Charged With Running Dog Fighting Ring

Two Maryland men, including a Department of Defense deputy chief, were charged with facilitating a dog fighting ring {snip}

Department of Defense deputy chief information officer Frederick Douglass Moorefield, Jr., 62, of Arnold, Maryland, and Mario Damon Flythe, 49, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, were charged with promoting and facilitating animal fighting ventures {snip}

Frederick D. Moorefield

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Moorefield and Flythe used an encrypted messaging application to talk with other people across the country about dogfighting, department officials said. Moorefield used the name “Geehad Kennels” and Flythe used “Razor Sharp Kennels” to identify their respective dogfighting operations.

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On Sept. 6, law enforcement officers executed search warrants at Moorefield and Flythe’s residences in Maryland where twelve dogs were recovered {snip}

Federal officials found veterinary steroids and a device with an electric plug, which the affidavit claims is “consistent with devices used to execute dogs that lose dogfights.” Other items found included training schedules, what seemed to be a blood-stained carpet, and a weighted dog vest with a patch reading “Geehad Kennels.”

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