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Union County Pit Bull Owner Charged With Training Dogs To Fight
POSTED: 9:13 am EST January 22, 2007
UPDATED: 6:05 pm EST January 22, 2007
MONROE, N.C. -- A man accused of training dogs to fight each other at his Union County home turned himself in to authorities Monday afternoon.
Police were tipped by a couple in a hot-air balloon about a large number of dogs at the house in Indian Trail, leading to the seizure of 36 pit bulls in one of the county's largest dog-related cases.
Seven of the pit bulls taken last week are pups too young to even open their eyes.
Stanley Max Plowman Jr., 26, said he boards, breeds and sells pit bulls. But the sheriff’s department maintains all the dogs know is fighting.
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IMAGES: Dogs Seized From Union County Home
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Plowman faces seven charges, including training animals to fight. He tearfully denies he would ever harm his animals.
“It’s heartbreaking to think people think I’m taking dogs to fight them. I mean it’s cruel,â€
