3 Charged In Running Baltimore Dog Fighting Ring

BALTIMORE (WJZ)--Three people are charged with running a dog fighting ring in Baltimore.

Police charged Aaron Mack, Jessica Deans and Melvin Fuller, pictured above from left to right, with 42 counts each of animal cruelty.

Police first uncovered the dog fighting ring last weekend during a drug arrest at the home on the 2300-block of Edgemont Avenue in Northwest Baltimore.

They found six injured pit bulls in the basement, along with a treadmill and heavy chains-- tools to train them how to fight.

The dogs are being treated at BARCS animal shelter.