Former NFL Star Sentenced for Dogfighting | Joplin News

Joplin News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 11, 2026 · 1m

Former NFL player LeShon Johnson, from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, just received a five-year federal prison sentence for running a massive dogfighting operation—he’s also facing three years of supervised release and a $30,000 fine. Authorities say he bred and trafficked hundreds of dogs across the country for fights, with his home raid yielding 190 dogs—the largest single seizure in U.S. federal dogfighting history. This isn’t his first rodeo—he pleaded guilty to similar charges back in 2004—but this operation was active since at least 2007. The Associate Attorney General called it “egregious and…