State and federal authorities have seized 47 dogs, many malnourished and bearing scars, that they suspect were used as part of a substantial animal-fighting operation that had been set up between Columbia and Charlotte.
Four people were charged this week with various criminal counts related to dogfighting and mistreatment of animals after law enforcement agents searched property Wednesday in the Lancaster-Chester area, authorities said.
Facing charges are 33-year-old Diara Charles Talford, of Blackstock; Devin Deshaud Mobley, 32, of Great Falls; Zion Damir Hairston, 22, of Lancaster; and 37-year-old Nicholas Kendrell Little, of Lancaster…