Crime & Safety
6 Roosters Used For Cockfights, Plainfield Man Charged: Report
The man was pulled over when police found he was hauling six roosters and cockfighting equipment in his vehicle, according to reports.
PLAINFIELD, IL — A Plainfield man, charged with multiple felonies, was found hauling roosters and cockfighting paraphernalia early Saturday in Marengo, according to a report from WJOL.
During a traffic stop, 51-year-old Jose Miguel Alicea-Reyes admitted to Marengo police to owning the roosters, which he was transporting along with equipment including sharpened steel spurs, padded beak covers, needles and antibiotics, and almost $10,000 in cash, according to the radio station.
The six roosters in the car were turned over to the McHenry County Animal Center, according to Lake McHenry Scanner.
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Alicea-Reyes was charged with six counts of owning animals for sport fighting and one count of selling equipment for animal fighting, the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office reported.
Alicea-Reyes was released on May 12, and his next court appearance is scheduled for June 10.
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