RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – Law enforcement officials seized more than $80,000 in cash while investigating an alleged dog fighting operation.
According to the State Law Enforcement Division, SLED agents arrested and charged Patrick Oneal Heard, 47, of Elberton, on charges of criminal conspiracy and two counts of ill treatment of animals.
According to warrants, in April 2024, the SLED dog fighting unit and other law enforcement agencies disrupted an active dogfight in a rural and wooded area in Eastover. Warrants state the fight was an “organized high stake” dogfight, requiring people to pay an entry fee in order to watch…