HOUSTON – A man is charged in connection to a cockfighting ring bust on Houston's south side.
According to the Houston Police Department, officers received a noise complaint call about a house on Mary Kay Lane and Schurmier Street around midnight on March 29. When officers arrived on the scene they found a crowd had gathered for a cockfighting event.
Officers arrested a total of 11 men, including Rafael Rivera-Valdez.
The 40-year-old is charged with cockfighting and being held in the Harris County Jail on $35,000 bond.
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Authorities said the other men were ticketed.