Former Lincoln County District Judge Charged With Cattle Theft


T Kent Dowell TSCRA Special Ranger


HE LEADER OF A CONFESSED CATTLE THEFT RING WAS HANDED 4 INDICTMENTS BY AN OKLAHOMA multicounty grand jury on July 25. Former Lincoln County District Judge


Craig Key, 48, of Chandler, Okla., was charged with 26 felony charges including embezzlement and cattle theft. Key was handed 5 indictment charges in April and May 2013. The indictments were sealed until July 25. According to TSCRA Special Ranger Kent Dowell, who led the investigation


into the cattle theft charges, in October 2012, 11 head of cattle were allegedly stolen from a northern Lincoln County rancher at the direction of Key. Further investigations by Dowell revealed that Key was involved in numerous fraud and embezzlement schemes. According to the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Offi ce, which investigated the


suspect on other charges, Key, a former attorney, allegedly embezzled more than $475,000 from his clients. Four other defendants were also charged in connection with these crimes. “This is very complex investigation involving multiple suspects and multiple


crimes,” said Dowell. “At the end of the day, though, this investigation started with a rancher noticing his cattle were missing, and thankfully, we were able to locate those stolen cattle and return them back to the owner.” TSCRA would like to thank Attorney General Investigator David Driscoll for his hard work on this investigation.


New Special Ranger for West Texas T Kenny Wadsworth TSCRA Special Ranger tscra.org


EXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION (TSCRA) welcomes Kenny Wadsworth as TSCRA’s newest special


ranger for District 17 in West Texas. He will be stationed in Crockett County and will be responsible for Andrews, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Reagan, Terrell, Upton, Ward and Winkler counties.


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