Florida Couple Pleads Guilty To Attacking Bears With Dogs, Posting Gruesome Videos On Social Media

Miami FL

20 May, 2021

10:05 AM

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CBS Miami May 20, 2021 From the only in Florida file, a married couple in Ocala has pleaded guilty to using doughnuts and pastries to lure black bears in rural Florida, allowing packs of dogs to attack them and then posting the gruesome videos on social media. Charles Scarbrough entered guilty pleas of conspiracy to commit racketeering, animal baiting and fighting, unlawful use of a two-way communicating device and unlawful taking of a black bear, the Ocala Star Banner reports. He has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. Because of that, sentencing was deferred, though he faces anywhere from five years of probation to more than two years in prison. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.