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Bay Shore man charged in cockfighting

A Bay Shore man ran a cockfighting ring that included 24 roosters injected with steroids, Suffolk Police said Wednesday.

Oscar Ralda, 40, is charged with training an animal to fight, a felony, and keeping an animal for fighting purposes, a misdemeanor. He was held overnight and is to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip Thursday, police said.

The birds were found at...

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