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Pentagon Official Charged in Connection With Brutal Dogfighting Ring

Authorities say automobile jumper cables used to execute losing canines were found at his home.

A Pentagon official has been charged in connection with a brutal dog-fighting ring—and the evidence includes automobile jumper cables found at his house that were allegedly used to execute the losing animals. Frederick Moorefield, 62, a deputy chief information officer for the Department of Defense, “is no longer in the workplace” following his Thursday arrest, authorities said. A longtime friend admitted to taking part in the ring, which ran for 20 years, The Washington Post reported. A raid turned up five pit bulls at Moorefield’s Maryland home and evidence that he was “experimenting with different types of performance enhancing drugs to improve [their] chances of winning dogfights.”