{"id":135332,"date":"2026-01-28T19:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135332\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T19:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:41:06","slug":"some-residents-were-unaware-of-rooster-fighting-ring-at-northside-home-but-they-say-loose-dogs-are-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135332\/","title":{"rendered":"Some residents were unaware of rooster fighting ring at Northside home, but they say loose dogs are a problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Residents in a Northside neighborhood were shocked to learn about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/28\/jso-arrests-11-men-after-rooster-fighting-ring-bust-at-northside-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/28\/jso-arrests-11-men-after-rooster-fighting-ring-bust-at-northside-home\/\">raid that led to the arrests of 11 men<\/a>, who were accused of fighting roosters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A.J. Williams, who is a property owner in the neighborhood, said she never would have suspected what was happening in the backyard of a home on Jake Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office said the men were caught during a raid on Saturday after a neighbor made a complaint about the rooster fighting. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">But neighbors pointed to another neighborhood issue that he said needed to be addressed \u2014 the loose dogs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThey\u2019ve been a problem for months,\u201d Williams said. \u201cHad no idea about the chickens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said 130 chickens were recovered but would have to be euthanized because of their conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Crime and Safety analyst Tom Hackney described the raid as fast and chaotic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a shock and awe,\u201d Hackney said. \u201cThe faster you do these raids, the less opportunity you give people to react. The faster you do these things, the surgical hits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Residents in a Northside neighborhood were shocked to learn about a raid that led to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-135332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}