Looks like we lost another guy in the dog game.
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A grass fire leads to a major drug bust, a suicide and possibly more.
White County detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a homeowner connected to drugs.
Marijuana worth $124,000 was found along with more than 40 guns. Moments after deputies discovered it, the homeowner shot himself.
A fire broke out at Bill Stewart, 60, rural home Thursday afternoon. That’s when crews found pit bulls, a fighting ring and several marijuana plants growing inside his shed.
When White County narcotics detectives showed up with a warrant, they found Stewart had just committed suicide.
“It was an eye opener because most of the time you don't find people who are growing marijuana and dealing in marijuana, to be this well armed," detective Brandon Grimes says. "When you walk into the residence and there are guns strategically located throughout the house, when you have guns in the bathroom, in the laundry room, in each bedroom, guns outside of each door and then you start noticing the window blinds. There were squares cut in the blinds that can be used for ether observation or to fire a rifle or pistol out of.”
Sources say Stewart is considered a godfather of dog fighting and went by the name Rushin Bull in the violent dogfighting underworld. He even edited and published an underground publication called Pit Bull Reporter.
One of the reasons police may not have know about what was going on is a relative isolation of the property. From the road you can’t see anything.
“To find out this person is also the editor and publisher of a dog fighting magazine, it just goes to show you what all it reaches into, really shocking,” Grimes said.
Two pit bulls were seized from the property Thursday.
Pit Bull Reporter ceased publication in 2007 following the arrest of NFL player Michael Vick. HSUS representatives say the government began cracking down on the use of the US Postal Service as a means to distribute materials related to dogfighting.
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Known dogfighter commits suicide after cops find drugs - FOX16.com Little Rock, AR
Subject: Rushin Bill 
Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:17 pm
