FAIRHOPE, Ala. - Nearly 20 suspects were arrested Sunday afternoon on cockfighting charges in the Red Barn Road area east of Fairhope.

Some suspects charged with the misdemeanor have been released on bond, but others remain in jail pending review by immigration officials, a Fairhope Police Department spokesman said today.

The police will release a statement about the arrests later this afternoon, according to the FPD.

Updates will be posted as they become available, and an article will appear in the Aug. 10 edition of The Fairhope Courier.