Five dogs and four guns were seized from a couple charged with running a dog-fighting operation in South Seattle, according to charging documents released Tuesday.
After the Seattle Animal Shelter received complaints of dogs owned by 30-year-old Erich Daulo and 35-year-old Tammy Nguyen tied up and barking in a yard, authorities investigated, charging documents say. One officer noticed a dog with scars on its face, neck and shoulder area, “consistent with scarring found on dogs involved in illegal animal fighting,” the documents say.
Police eventually landed on a website that advertised the couple’s dogs for sale and described their pit bulls as having the bloodlines of famous fighting dogs, according to the documents.
An undercover officer emailed Nguyen about purchasing the dogs. Nguyen replied with prices and said the dogs are “like gold and top quality,” the documents say. An undercover officer then met up with Daulo at a local grocery store under the guise of buying a dog named “Muneca.”