The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says a man was running a cockfighting ring in the backyard of a home on Texas Road in Lehigh Acres.
Detectives found six hens and five roosters, a training dummy and chicken ring.
LCSO says they also found training mitts, a weight sling, a digital scale, rubber bands, surgical tape and more at 127 Texas Road.
A police report says 54-year-old Carlos Antonio Alvarez, “trained, owned, and bred a domestic animal for cockfighting.”
Neighbors down the road say it’s normal to hear roosters crow in the area.
Devin McDonald says, “I hear roosters around, but I never knew where they were, so I didn’t expect all that to happen.”
Sam Garcia also lives on the same street and heard the roosters too.
Lee County Domestic Animal Services received a tip about the potential cockfighting ring and met up with LCSO a few days later at the home.
Watch Lehigh Acres Community Correspondent Ella Rhoades report below:
WATCH NOW: LCSO busts Lehigh cockfighting ring, 6 hens 5 roosters