Waianae Cockfighting 'Pavilion' Once Hosted Hundreds. Now It's Quiet
Six Waianae residents are facing gambling charges in a federal case some community members say shows the extreme side of cockfighting.
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Six Waianae residents are facing gambling charges in a federal case some community members say shows the extreme side of cockfighting.
Edward Caspino’s attorney, however, said photo and video evidence presented before U.S. Magistrate Judge Wes Reber Porter do not show what prosecutors claim.
Caspino and his alleged co-conspirators “conducted, managed, supervised, directed and owned” an illegal chicken fighting operation located at the property where Caspino lived.
The leader of an alleged Waianae gang pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to running chicken fighting derbies and illegal gambling dens, and marketing methamphetamine.