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Jersey Shore Dog Fighter Who Dumped Dead Pit Bull In Trash Goes To Fed Pen Jersey Shore Dog Fighter Who Dumped Dead Pit Bull In Trash Goes To Fed Pen
Jersey Shore Dog Fighter Who Dumped Dead Pit Bull In Trash Goes To Fed Pen An Asbury Park man who dumped his dead dog in a trash bin after a lost fight in Virginia was sentenced to a plea-bargained two years in federal prison Wednesday. Mario Atkinson, 42, of Asbury Park was the fifth defendant to plead guilty in a multi-state dog fighting case that stretched from New Jersey to New Mexico. There's no parole in the federal prison system, which means he'll have to serve just about all of his sentence. During his guilty plea last June, Atkinson told a judge that he dumped a pit bull of his who lost a $1,000 fight in Virginia after the dog died on the ride back to New…

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by Jerry DeMarco