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Fowl play: Deputies bust cock fighting operation in Nash County, 3 men arrested

Three men were arrested on Saturday in Nash County when deputies uncovered a cock fighting operation.

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3 arrested in cock fighting ring
MIDDLESEX, N.C. — Three men were arrested on Saturday in Nash County when deputies uncovered a cock fighting operation.

The office got an anonymous tip around 9:45 a.m. about an ongoing cock fighting event in a secluded area off Old Nash Road. Deputies found a dirt path that led to a small field behind a home. Around 20 to 30 vehicle were parked with a man accepted money from those attending the event.

Authorities found Bobby Eatmon stationed at a gate crossing, collecting money from those attending.

Attendees were charged a $40 entry fee. The property owner, Richard Perry, and an accomplice, Dustin Collie, were charged along with Eatmon, 40.

Deputies saw several people running off the property with chickens in their arms when realizing law enforcement had arrived. The sheriff's office said several small cages were seen across the property next to vehicles,. Some cages had chickens and roosters in them.

Eatmon, Perry, 63, and Collie, 38, were charged with cock fighting, a Class I felony. They were booked into the Nash County Detention Facility.

The three men posted bond, were released and will have a first court appearance on Tuesday morning.

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