Dope, guns, evidence of cockfighting; why isn’t James Newcomb back behind bars now? IRONTON, Ohio––Why is alleged cockfighter James “Bubba” Newcomb, of Waterloo, Ohio, not back in the Ohio state penitentiary, after Lawrence County probation officers and sheriff’s deputies caught him on August 27, 2026 in flagrant violation of his terms of early release? Newcomb, […]
Cockfights hit, pumas on Colorado ballot, but no gains vs. steer-tailing
Cockfighters on the run in North Carolina, but only the steers are running––again and again––in Illinois coleaderos CREEDMOOR, North Carolina––Granville County, North Carolina sheriff’s deputies on July 27, 2024 busted their biggest cockfight in at least a dozen years. “After days of tips,” reported Carly Haynes for WRAL television news in Raleigh, “an undercover […]
Cockfighters convicted, but no payout for non-property damages
Lawsuit was last pending case resulting from January 2021 assaults on Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drone team IRONTON, Ohio––An eight-member civil jury in Lawrence County, Ohio on July 18, 2023 found alleged cockfighters James V. “Bub” Newcomb II and Shannon Clark guilty of assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress against Showing […]
Alleged cockfighter Newcomb who assaulted Steve Hindi released from prison
James V. “Bub” Newcomb II didn’t like his time with Bubba IRONTON, Ohio––Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas Judge Andrew Ballard on September 7, 2022 granted judicial release to James V. “Bub” Newcomb II, 55, of Waterloo, Ohio, but made explicitly clear that Newcomb is to have nothing whatever to do with cockfighting, people involved […]
Perp gets 4 to 6 years for assaulting SHARK investigator; another to be tried
Judge sends James V. “Bub” Newcomb II to prison, throws out Shannon Clark plea bargain IRONTON, Ohio––Sentenced on November 10, 2021 for assaulting Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve Hindi and SHARK investigator Adam Fahnestock, James V. “Bub” Newcomb II, 54, of Waterloo, Ohio, left the Lawrence County Courthouse in Ironton on […]
Assault on SHARK investigators brings felony & misdemeanor convictions
Sentencing for attack on Steve Hindi & Adam Fahnestock by alleged cockfighters is set for November 10 IRONTON, Ohio––James V. “Bub” Newcomb II, 54, of Waterloo, Ohio, was on November 5, 2021 convicted of two felonies and one misdemeanor resulting from his January 3, 2021 attack on Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder […]
Cockfights: Laurel County, KY Sheriff John Root avows he won’t do his job
Sheriff Root’s bizarre 56th birthday Facebook posting suggests he is ready for retirement LONDON, Kentucky––In what parallel universe does a county sheriff run for re-election by boasting of non-enforcement of state laws, pledging to continue not enforcing them, slandering critics with demonstrably false allegations from criminal suspects facing trial, endorsing abuse of the injured […]
Why Disney & Frontier Days are rich & alleged cockfighters are not
Accused cockfighters could take lessons from cowpokes & Mickey Mouse in how to cut & spin losses BURBANK, California; CHEYENNE, Wyoming; IRONTON, Ohio––Suspected cockfighting promoters James and Beckie Newcomb are unlikely to ever be accused of possessing the business smarts behind either the 125-year-old Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo and concert series, or Walt Disney […]