Two Arrested in Slaying of Dog Breeder, Robbery of French Bulldog
BAD SALE
Lonnie Ray was meeting prospective buyers when he was shot to death March 14.
Lee County Sheriff
Two men have been charged with the murder of a South Carolina dog breeder who was fatally shot during a $2,500 sale of a French bulldog—the most popular breed in the United States. Michael Dinkins, 41, and Byron Miller, 32, are accused of robbing Lonnie Ray, 76, during a meet-up in a Kentucky Fried Chicken parking lot in Bishopville on March 14. “The investigation is still ongoing” and more arrests are expected in the case, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. “The whereabouts of the French Bulldog is still unknown.”