{"id":987950,"date":"2026-08-08T01:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/987950\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:37:15","slug":"man-found-guilty-in-suspected-dog-fighting-operation-where-9-foot-alligator-was-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/987950\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found guilty in suspected dog-fighting operation where 9-foot alligator was found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 A Duval County jury has found a man guilty of animal fighting and drug charges, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sao4th.com\/news\/2026\/jury-finds-williams-guilty-of-animal-fighting-and-drug-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/sao4th.com\/news\/2026\/jury-finds-williams-guilty-of-animal-fighting-and-drug-charges\/\">office of State Attorney Melissa Nelson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Marquis Williams was found guilty of:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p>Possession of Controlled Substance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p>Illegal Killing, Possessing, or Capturing of Alligators or Crocodilia or Eggs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p>Three counts of Fighting or Baiting Animals<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p>Nine counts of Animal Cruelty<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p>Possession of Less Than 20 Grams of Cannabis<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/09\/suspected-dog-fighting-ring-9-foot-alligator-found-during-drug-bust-in-northwest-jacksonville-jso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/09\/suspected-dog-fighting-ring-9-foot-alligator-found-during-drug-bust-in-northwest-jacksonville-jso\/\">May 2025, the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office SWAT and Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant on Williams\u2019 home<\/a> on Orlando Avenue near Rowe Avenue and Lem Turner Road. Williams was detained outside the home. JSO said detectives found cocaine, oxycodone, and marijuana on the property. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Six dogs were also recovered and showed signs of severe neglect. According to JSO, none of the dogs had access to water. Dog-fighting fighting tools and paraphernalia were found inside Williams\u2019 home and backyard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">A 9-foot alligator was recovered from a fenced area with no water available. JSO said bones scattered on the ground in the cage suggested the gator was being fed other animals on the property.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Authorities later executed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/12\/police-report-reveals-new-details-about-suspected-dog-fighting-operation-where-9-foot-alligator-was-found\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/12\/police-report-reveals-new-details-about-suspected-dog-fighting-operation-where-9-foot-alligator-was-found\/\">search warrant on a vacant property across the street from Williams\u2019 house<\/a>, where three more dogs were found in very poor condition. Additional dog-fighting tools and paraphernalia were also found on the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The State Attorney\u2019s Office says an additional search warrant was executed and more evidence of illegal dog-fighting was found on Williams\u2019 cell phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Williams faces up to 65 years in Florida State Prison. He will be sentenced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A Duval County jury has found a man guilty of animal fighting and drug charges,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":987951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[14879,5229,396218,3188,723,7310,20016,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-987950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-alligator","tag-america","tag-dog-fighting","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-jacksonville","tag-state-attorneys-office","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117057332431701646","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}