Ex-DOD Spectrum Official Gets 18 Months for Dogfighting Charges
Fred Moorefield, who long oversaw spectrum policy at DOD, was sentenced last week to 18 months in federal prison and six months of home detention after he pleaded guilty to dogfighting charges (see 2409160042). U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett also…
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ordered that Moorefield pay a fine of $21,576. Prosecutors had sought a 30-month sentence. “Federal agents began investigating Moorefield’s connection to dogfighting after officers from Anne Arundel County Animal Control responded to a report of two dead dogs found in a plastic dog food bag in Annapolis, Maryland, in November 2018,” said a news release: “When Moorefield sponsored a dog in a fight, the fight ended only when a dog died or when the owner forfeited the match -- either through the dog ‘quitting’ the fight or the owner ‘picking up’ the dog. If one of Moorefield’s dogs lost a fight, but did not die, Moorefield killed the dog.” The release said Moorefield operated under the name “Geehad Kennels” and had used his home in Arnold “to keep, train, and breed dogs for dogfighting for more than 20 years.” He was affiliated with a dogfighting ring called the “DMV Board.” Moorefield was deputy DOD CIO for command, control and communications before he resigned.