WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Environment & Natural Resources Division issued the following news release:
Note, Johnson was sentenced to 60 months in prison. A previous version of the release misstated his prison sentence. The release has been updated.
Former NFL player LeShon Johnson of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $30,000 fine after beingconvicted at trial of six dog fighting-related charges.
Testimony at trial showed that Johnson - who pleaded guilty in 2004 to Oklahoma dog fighting offenses - had been running a major operation since at least 2007 that bred and sold fighting dogs for profit. Johnson, who previously ran "Krazyside...