Escambia County Man Charged With Dog Fighting, Animal Cruelty

March 29, 2025

An Escambia County man was arrested in connection with a dog fight operation on Friday.

Jerney Purifoy was charged with animal fighting and cruelty towards animals. He was released from the Escambia County Jail Friday on a $15,000 bond.

He was arrested by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office working on conjunction with Escambia County Animal Welfare. The ECSO SWAT team served a search warrant at his home.

During the search, the ECSO said they located evidence of dog fighting to include IV bags, wound care paraphernalia, training manuals, a rifle and a handgun.

The dogs were previously seized by Escambia County Animal Welfare.

ECSO said the investigation is ongoing. They are asking anyone with more information contact them at (850) 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.

Comments

6 Responses to “Escambia County Man Charged With Dog Fighting, Animal Cruelty”

  1. BJ. on March 31st, 2025 12:20 pm

    My opinion, but animal cruelty should carry death penalty! You’re not human if you can hurt an innocent animal! Hope you are reading this!

  2. just a fact on March 31st, 2025 10:24 am

    Put that coward in the ring with me he would know what tortured mint. Only person worse than him is a Pedo.

  3. NavyDave on March 31st, 2025 8:49 am

    Spent less than four hours in jail, and back out to do it again.

  4. Steve on March 30th, 2025 11:46 am

    The State Attorney’s office has a great assistant state attorney who specializes in animal abuse cases .

  5. Jaime Eastridge on March 30th, 2025 5:23 am

    It takes a special kind of weak man with no self esteem or respect to injure and torture an innocent animal. There’s a special place in H*** for pathetic losers like this.

  6. anne on March 29th, 2025 7:54 am

    Hope he gets a permanent cellmate who read the same book. There is no excuse for hurting animals.





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