Frederick Moorefield Jr., deputy chief data officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, was charged final month with dogfighting. If convicted, he might withstand 5 years in a federal jail.

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Frederick Moorefield Jr., deputy chief data officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, was charged final month with dogfighting. If convicted, he might withstand 5 years in a federal jail.

Department of Defense

A prime Department of Defense official faces as much as 5 years in federal jail after being charged with selling dogfighting, in line with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.

Frederick Moorefield Jr., 62, a deputy chief data officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Mario Flythe, 49, have been charged final month with “promoting and furthering” dogfighting.

Moorefield and Flythe allegedly used an encrypted messaging app to speak with folks throughout the nation about dogfighting bets, canines that died from dogfighting and media studies about folks charged with dogfighting, the U.S. lawyer’s workplace said Monday.

The two males additionally allegedly mentioned the right way to practice canines for dogfighting, deliberate dogfights and talked about the right way to evade legislation enforcement.

Moorefield and Flythe used the monikers “Geehad Kennels” and “Razor Sharp Kennels,” respectively, to determine their dogfighting operations, in line with the district lawyer’s workplace.

“We are aware of the criminal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland,” the Defense Department mentioned in a press release. “We can confirm that the individual is no longer in the workplace, but we cannot comment further on an individual personnel matter.”

A lawyer for Moorefield was not instantly out there for remark.

Officers executed search warrants on the houses of Moorefield and Flythe on Sep. 6 and located 12 canines, “veterinary steroids, training schedules, a carpet that appeared to be stained with blood, and a weighted dog vest with a patch reading ‘Geehad Kennels,’ ” the district lawyer’s workplace mentioned.

They additionally discovered a contraption made with {an electrical} plug and jumper cables, which allegedly is used to kill canines that lose fights, in line with the district lawyer’s workplace.

Moorefield and Flythe will stay unreleased from custody pending a trial.

Moorefield was answerable for issuing steering for Defense Department coverage and technical points, and strategizing communication plans for the company’s “non-nuclear strategic strike” and “integrated missile defense,” amongst different issues, according to an older version of the agency’s website.

Moorefield doesn’t seem on the company’s present web site.