Former NFL running back LeShon Johnson has been charged in a federal dogfighting case after 190 dogs were seized from him last year.
The Department of Justice announced in a news release this week that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma unsealed the grand jury indictment charging Johnson with violating the federal Animal Welfare Act.
Johnson, who made his initial court appearance last week, is charged with "possessing 190 pit bull-type dogs for use in an animal fighting venture and for selling, transporting, and delivering a dog for use in an animal fighting venture," per the news release.