US EditionL.A. County Man Charged with Dog-Fighting Ring, Illegal Firearms Possession
Raymond Nuñez faces federal charges for breeding and training dogs for fighting and possessing firearms despite a felony, with up to 10 years in prison possible, authorities said.
- On Wednesday, Raymond Nuñez, 53, was arrested and charged in federal court after authorities say he hosted dog fights at his Hacienda Heights home.
- Investigators wrote that the dog-fighting ring operated at his Hacienda Heights home from at least December 2025 to last month.
- Executing the warrant Tuesday, federal agents seized an AK‑47 and about 10 firearms stored in a safe in the master bedroom, along with dog‑fighting gear and injured pit bulls.
- Prosecutors note the potential 10‑year maximum and the multiagency enforcement response involving the FBI, U.S. Marshals, Dog Fighting and Animal Abuse Task Force, and the U.S. Attorney's Office.
- Prosecutors allege he possessed firearms despite a 1991 felony conviction for unlawful taking of a vehicle, and the U.S. Attorney's Office charged him with a felon in possession charge alongside animal‑fighting counts.
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Hacienda Heights man charged with running illegal dog fights
LOS ANGELES — A Hacienda Heights man was arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging he hosted dog fights and illegally bred, trained and exhibited animals for use in the venture. Raymond Nunez, 53, is charged in Los Angeles federal court with buying, delivering and possessing animals for an animal fighting venture, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Court papers allege that from at least December 2025 to last month, Nunez illegall…
A man from Hacienda Heights was charged on Wednesday with allegedly organizing dog fights and raising, training and illegally exhibiting dogs for use in fights, authorities reported. Raymond Núñez, 53, was arrested this morning and later charged at the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. In addition to the charges of participating in animal fights, he was also charged with illegal possession of firearms, according to the U.S. Attorney’s …
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