Cockfighting Ring In Lancaster, Calif. Broken Up: Meth, Steroids Seized

This cockfighting story has it all -- 100 roosters, $1 million in meth, steroids for birds and a deputy named Peck.

CBS Los Angeles has unearthed this feather-filled gem in which deputies investigating possible drug sales claim they uncovered a cockfighting ring in Lancaster, Calif.

Deputy Lillian Peck told CBS LA that as much as $1 million in meth as well as the roosters and steroids were seized in the bust. Four men and two women were also arrested.

As outrageous as this story might seem, it's not even the biggest alleged cockfighting ring to be broken up this week. The St. Petersburg Times reported on Thursday that cops say a ring involving seven households and 350 birds was uncovered in Hillsborough, Fla.

A possible repeat-cockfighting offender was also arrested earlier this month for running a ring in Medina Township, Ohio, according to Newsnet 5.

And on Wednesday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on a former cockfighting suspect who is suing Alameda County for killing the birds they seized from his home. The cocks were ordered destroyed by a judge because some had Marek’s Disease, a contagion that causes internal lesions in fowl.

Comments

[roudy]

11:24 PM on 10/15/2011

I thought Vick had gone straight.

[karen lyons kalmenson]

11:54 AM on 10/15/2011

where cockfighting and dog fighting dwell, weapons, hard drugs and all manner of disaster are usually found.

this is a vicious cruel non sport supported and frequented by vicious losers

[dru]

10:21 PM on 10/15/2011

Vicious losers like a certain former and hoping- to- be- again- in-the- future Senator from a state that begins with V who considers it to be a "sport" of Southern "gentleman".

[olitenup]

10:47 PM on 10/14/2011

So happy about this.

[tomeb]

12:54 PM on 10/14/2011

Just another form of illegals and illegal activities from 3rd world countries brought here to the US...

[olitenup]

10:47 PM on 10/14/2011

cockfighting has been around since before Christ. The Greeks and the Romans loved it.

[twoto2]

06:27 AM on 10/14/2011

No male in the fighting crowd, drinking and snorting, has the courage to fight to the death. They can't feel the pain.

[karen lyons kalmenson]

11:53 AM on 10/15/2011

and they have no heart:(

[dbrett480]

01:45 AM on 10/14/2011

I wonder if these knuckleheads were simply victims of LA Sheriff's "profiling" in Lancaster? At least that what the American Criminal Lovers Union will say.

[arcangelms]

02:19 AM on 10/14/2011

The ACLU is an organization that fights for all of our constititonal rights. What other organizations in this country does that? It is because of the dedicated man and woman at the ACLU we have at least one group that is watching out for us.

[roudy]

11:25 PM on 10/15/2011

Fanned. They are the right wingers worse nightmare because that organization fights for the rights of all Americans.

[emperance]

11:33 PM on 10/15/2011

True, to a certain degree.

BUT, I ALSO CREDIT THEM WITH HELPING TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY.

[arcangelms]

01:36 AM on 10/14/2011

How do they pick which cocks to fight. Circumcised against uncircumised. Do they size of testicles come into play? Can someone give me a hand with an answer?

[rfmaneater]

01:59 AM on 10/14/2011

I tried to get into a cockfight once but they wouldn't let me in. They said mine was too big.

[arcangelms]

02:27 AM on 10/14/2011

I guess they didn't want you to beat the others cocks.

[emperance]

11:34 PM on 10/15/2011

But they weren't talking about your lower head.

Sorry dear.

[arcangelms]

01:32 AM on 10/14/2011

For safety sake I hope those cocks are wearing condoms.

[rfmaneater]

08:36 PM on 10/13/2011

I can't believe that they use Steroids at a Cockfight. I heard that Steroids makes the the Cochs smaller and less likely to perform.

[arcangelms]

01:29 AM on 10/14/2011

Funny.....

[arcangelms]

01:44 AM on 10/14/2011

Were they circumcised?

[wrascil]

05:44 PM on 10/13/2011

just another hard working group of ILLEGALS clogging the prison system in California

[scotty5720]

05:16 PM on 10/13/2011

You have to have a certain personality to find enjoyment in two birds or two dogs fighting to the death. I don't know anybody like that but I'm sure there are many that enjoy the pain and the suffering of these creatures and I find it totally disgusting. Low IQ sport.

[jmoser1973]

06:34 PM on 10/13/2011

I wouldn't even class it as a sport.

[garylinn]

05:14 PM on 10/13/2011

I've never seen two cocks fight before. It not only sounds against the law, it sounds like a freak of nature...especially with the steroids involved. And, what's with the meth? for the audience to be high while they are gambling? The whole story is weird. WEIRD!

[LuLou Murder]

05:09 PM on 10/13/2011

My first thought: Fontucky?

[WhoIsNoOne]

09:45 PM on 10/13/2011

ahaha, I thought the same thing, the 909
but Lancaster can sometimes be an honorary member of the I.E.
so we weren't that far off

[AKQueenie]

05:07 PM on 10/13/2011

There are some sick, twisted people on this planet. Makes me embarrassed to have to be a part of this...

[scotty5720]

05:00 PM on 10/13/2011

Just another everyday thing in California. I think this country would be better off if we let this state secede from the union and become it's own country. Run that fence along our Southern border and straight up their California's Eastern border. Make sure Jerry Brown is on the right side of the fence.

[sheila]

06:27 PM on 10/13/2011

please believe that's what CA has been pleading for for years. no more red state welfare.

[jmoser1973]

06:35 PM on 10/13/2011

but then it would expose all the problems in other states. someone has to take most the hits