Sheriff’s Office: Man busted for cockfighting ring in Ephrata, 13 birds euthanized

QUINCY, Wash. — An Ephrata man was arrested in connection to a cockfighting ring, Grant County deputies said Thursday.

Reymundo Garcia, 56, was arrested near Quincy.

Thirteen birds were found and humanely euthanized.

According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, meth, cocaine, mushrooms and heroin were also confiscaated.

Garcia has been booked into the Grant County Jail on gambling, animal cruelty and drug charges.

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