A Department of Defense official faces up to 5 years in prison in dogfighting case

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A top Department of Defense official faces up to five years in federal prison after being charged with promoting dogfighting, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland.

Frederick Moorefield Jr., 62, a deputy chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Mario Flythe, 49, were charged last month with "promoting and furthering" dogfighting.

Moorefield and Flythe allegedly used an encrypted messaging app to talk with people across the country about dogfighting bets, dogs that died from dogfighting and media reports about people charged with dogfighting, the U.S. attorney's office said Monday.