Less than two hours after they were given the case, a jury has found Charles Leo Kingrea guilty on three counts related to cockfighting in Page County.

Kingrea was found guilty Friday in U.S. District Court of conspiracy to engage in an animal fighting venture of cockfighting and a conspiracy to engage in gambling related to cockfighting.

He was also found guilty on two additional counts of engaging in a conspiracy to sell, buy, transport or deliver a gaff or knife to be used in cockfighting and being a principal or an aider or abettor in a gambling business associated with cockfighting.

Kingrea will be formally sentenced along with Luis Aguirre Martinez and Dale Edward Moreland, who already entered guilty pleas. The sentencing date is October 3.

Kingrea will be allowed to remain out of jail on a $10,000 unsecured bond until his sentencing.

These charges stem from a raid was conducted at the Little Boxwood cockfighting site in May 2007. Four men were indicted in September, including Kingrea.

The U.S. Attorney says Kingrea had a stand at Little Boxwood selling gaffs and knives, which are items attached to the feet of roosters so they can cut each other.

The U.S. Attorney says Kingrea's role in the conspiracy was to provide the tools of the trade.

The defense says Kingrea did have the concession stand, but he was an independent contractor and not in a conspiracy.

The defense attorney argued that Kingrea was a small fish in a big net.