KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Law officers arrested a man Tuesday in a south Kansas City, Missouri, home who is under investigation for alleged dog fighting and drug crimes.
Vinol Wilson is charged in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Missouri, with being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to a court document released Wednesday.
The Jackson County Drug Task Force identified Wilson as "being a source of supply of MDMA/methamphetamine and cocaine in the investigation. He (Wilson) is being investigated for distribution and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine," per the court document.
Wilson also has been "an ongoing target" of a dog-fighting investigation since 2022 by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Officers served a search warrant Tuesday at a house in the 8500 block of Hillcrest Road in Kansas City, Missouri.
They found Wilson, two more adults and three children inside the house.
Investigators found evidence of dog fighting inside the house, including scarred pit bull-type dogs, areas with blood and dog-related items, according to the court document.
The USDA is seeking a separate search warrant to recover evidence of dog fighting.
Inside a bedroom, investigators found a Stag Arms AR Pistol, .556 caliber, with a round in the chamber and 29 rounds in the magazine.
Wilson is not permitted to be in possession of a firearm or ammunition after his guilty plea in July 2010 for felony drug offenses.
He was sentenced Nov. 20, 2010, to 121 months (10 years, one month) in federal prison.
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