After a 17 month investigation of a dog fighting ring in Texas, authorities have seized 187 dogs.Details emerging from the investigation into one of the largest dogfighting rings in the country indicate an elaborate underground web involving dozens of people, including some from Latin America.

Authorities already have seized 187 animals from Harris, Montgomery and Tyler counties connected to the operation. As many as 100 people attended the fights, placing bets as high as $1,000 for a single match.

Detailed records kept by those involved should help authorities prosecute the eight people arrested Friday and the 47 other suspects who have been indicted, but not yet arrested.

Charges related to weapons, drugs, theft and stolen property found during the raid will be filed against some suspects. A horse, several snakes, firearms, cocaine and other dangerous drugs were among the items recovered.

“This is a dynamic investigation that is still very active,” Houston-based DPS Trooper Richard Standifer said Saturday. “We expect more arrests will be made in the short term.”

Undercover officers attended and videotaped some of the weekly or bimonthly fights held at eight secluded sites in Harris County.

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Former professional baseball player and Aldine ISD schoolteacher Jay Andrews, 37, was one of the eight people arrested Friday. Investigators declined to detail Andrews’ involvement in the dogfighting ring, but are confident that the evidence will prove the former Kansas City Royal was involved.

Andrews is out on $2,000 bond and could not be reached for comment.

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People who have any part of this so-called sport are scum, and to think one of these guys is actually a school teacher is sickening. I certainly hope he’ll have his teaching license revoked and never step foot in a classroom again!

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