A 53-year-old Lexington County man who forced dogs to fight to the death was sentenced to prison Wednesday by a federal judge at the Columbia federal courthouse.
For operating a dog fighting ring on his property, Samuel Gray was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Mary Lewis. He had pleaded guilty in June to possessing animals for an animal fighting venture and for being a felon in possession of six guns and ammunition.
Gray “took man’s best friend and became a dog’s worst nightmare,” assistant U.S. Attorney Elle Klein told Lewis during a sentencing hearing…