February 18, 2021
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) A Holyoke man has pleaded guilty to charges connected to his involvement in a cockfighting operation that included more than 400 chickens and roosters on a western Massachusetts farm in 2018.
The Daily Hampshire Gazettereported that 59-year-old Miguel Rodriguez pleaded guilty in Northampton District Court on Thursday to owning, possessing and training animals for fighting and an animal cruelty charge.
Judge Jacklyn Connly sentenced Rodriguez to two years of probation, with the first six months to be served under home confinement, the paper reported.
Rodriguez will be equipped with a GPS monitoring device while confined to his home, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.
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