AND LAW ARRESTS
THEFT According to Wills, the suspect James E. Williams, 26, purchased livestock from
2 McLennan County livestock auctions in August and issued checks for the cattle on a closed bank account. The McLennan County Justice of the Peace issued 2 third degree felony warrants
Brett Weldon TSCRA Special Ranger
for the arrest of Williams on Sept. 10. Special Ranger Goodman arrested Williams and suspect was held in the Johnson County Jail on 2 bonds set at $10,000 for each theft of livestock charge. Additional charges are expected to be fi led on Williams. If convicted, Williams will face 2 to 10 years in the Texas Department of Crimi- nal Justice (TDCJ) and he will be ordered to pay a $10,000 fi ne.
Stillwater Man Arrested for Two Felony Embezzlement of Cattle Charges
A Tony Hurley TSCRA Special Ranger
STILLWATER, OKLA. MAN, WHO OWNS PERKINS LIVESTOCK SALES, WAS ARRESTED SEPT. 15 and charged with 2 felony charges of embezzlement of livestock.
TSCRA Special Rangers Brett Wellden and Bart Perrier led the investigation. In August 2015, the suspect and owner of Perkins Livestock Sales, James Robb
Taylor, 38, called Superior Livestock Auction and Oklahoma National Stockyards and placed 2 orders for cattle to be shipped. The two loads of cattle were not delivered to Taylor’s sale barn, but were instead
taken to other properties and quickly moved to conceal their location. When con- tacted for payment, Taylor denied purchasing the loads of cattle and claimed his identify had been stolen by an unknown person. The investigation revealed that the suspect took deliberate steps to conceal the
fact that he ordered the cattle and then took additional steps to move the cattle and conceal them in Noble County, Okla. The suspect then shipped the cattle to various feedlots in an attempt to sell them
for profi t. The fi rst load consisted of 80 heifers and sold for $110,000, and the second load included 242 head of cattle that sold for $346,582. The suspect was held at the Oklahoma County jail on a $10,000 bond. This is an ongoing investigation and additional charges are possible.
Lamar County Man Arrested for Stealing 10 Head of Cattle
A
POWDERLY MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AND CHARGED WITH FELONY THEFT OF LIVESTOCK after stealing 10 head of heifers from a Lamar County rancher.
TSCRA Special Ranger Toney Hurley led the investigation and TSCRA Special
Ranger Harold Dempsey assisted. The suspect, Harold Duane Fleming, 59, stole 10 head of heifers from a rancher
located in the northeast part of Lamar County. According to Hurley, the victim con- tacted the Lamar County Sheriff’s Offi ce after he realized the heifers were missing from his livestock pens. Two of the stolen heifers were found running loose on the roadway with abrasions
and cuts, suggesting they possibly escaped from a moving trailer a short distance from the rancher’s pens. The investigation revealed that 2 of the stolen cattle had been checked into the Hugo Livestock Market Inc. sale barn in Hugo, Okla., on Sept. 11, under Fleming’s
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