Steve Metzer

Tulsa World Capitol Bureau Staff Writer

A misdemeanor charge filed against the president of the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission accuses him of being a spectator at a cockfight.

The charge against Anthony DeVore, 53, was filed on Sept. 9 in McIntosh County, around the time the Oklahoma Ethics Commission was wrapping up an investigation of the Gamefowl Commission stemming from allegations that it committed serious violations of campaign finance laws. On Tuesday, the Ethics Commission reported that the Gamefowl Commission would pay a $10,000 fine and disband as a political action committee under terms of the settlement.

Activists in the Animal Wellness Action and Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) organizations alleged that they had taken video of DeVore and Gam

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