The former NFL RB Leshon Johnson is convicted of six charges to combat dogs a felony

Lesun Johnson was convicted of the former US Football Association, Lichun Johnson, on multiple charges to combat dogs.

Via Associated Press, Johnson, 54, was I am convicted of six matters of felony It has dogs for use in the animal control project. He faces prison for up to five years and a fine of up to $ 250,000 in each of the charges.

He was acquitted on 17 similar charges.

“The FBI will not defend those who call the manual crime of dog wrestling,” Cash Patel, director of the FBI, said in a statement. “Thanks to the hard work of our law enforcement, those who continue to engage in the fighting of organized animals and cruelty will face justice.”

“He was simply an American pit Bull Terrier,” said Johnson’s lawyer, Billy Cowell, said. “It is clear that the jury found that some of his dogs that he raised may have been or were used to fight dogs, and these were difficult to fight.”

Johnson previously acknowledged that he was guilty of his fabrication in 2005.

Johnson was a choice in the third round of Bakars in 1994. He also played with Cardinals and giants. In 1993, he was a pioneer in university football, where he was 1976 in the north of Illinois.