AND LAW ARRESTS
THEFT Arrests Breaking Up ATV Theft Ring S
Toney Hurley TSCRA Special Ranger
EVEN OUT OF A POSSIBLE 22 SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV) THEFT ring were arrested in January 2016 on charges of organized criminal activity after
allegedly stealing ATVs in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Texas and Southwest- ern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) special rangers and local law enforcement authorities have recovered 14 stolen ATVs so far in this continuing investigation. TSCRA Special Ranger Toney Hurley and Sulphur Springs Police Department
Sgt. Bo Fox jointly led the investigation. TSCRA Special Rangers Troy McKinney and Wayne Goodman are assisting, along with law enforcement departments in the three states. Seven suspects involved in the theft ring were arrested between Jan. 6 and
Jan. 29. The suspects are Joshua Christopher Terry, 35, of Kemp; Laronda Kay Reed, 30, of Kemp; Darrell Wayne Waites, Jr., 35, of Deville, La.; James Lindy Minter, 38, of Kemp; Ricardo Saldivar, 35, of Combine; Brian Wheeler, 42, of Balch Springs; and David Paul Rockwell, 35, of Terrell. Special Ranger Hurley, Sulphur Springs Police Det. Bo Fox, Lt. Rusty Stillwagoner
and Seagoville Police Department authorities arrested two more suspects in February who are connected to the theft of ATVs from Nor-Tex Tractor in Sulphur Springs. According to Hurley, the two suspects, Christopher Brandon Garcia, 32, of Balch
Troy McKinney TSCRA Special Ranger
Springs, and Dustin Kyle Garcia, 33, of Mesquite, are brothers, and they were lo- cated after authorities received a tip from an informant who called the Lake County Crime Stoppers. Hurley became involved when multiple ATV units were reported stolen on
Nov. 23, 2015, from Nor-Tex Tractor in Sulphur Springs. The investigation revealed the Nor-Tex theft was linked to other ATV thefts reported on April 23, 2015, in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. So far, 6 ATVs worth a total of approximately $74,000 have been recovered from
the Nor-Tex theft and 8 ATVs have been recovered from the April 2015 thefts. The 14 ATVs were recovered in Kemp, Seagoville, Terrell, Dallas, Balch Springs, Scurry, River Oaks, Sulphur Springs and Deville, La. This is an ongoing investigation and additional arrests are expected. Authori-
Wayne Goodman TSCRA Special Ranger
ties continue to receive information from multiple jurisdictions on related criminal activities as far as eastern Tennessee. TSCRA thanks these agencies for their diligence during this investigation: Hopkins
County Sheriff’s Offi ce, Kaufman County Sheriff’s Offi ce, Forney Police Department; Dallas Police Department; Seagoville Police Department; Mesquite Police Depart- ment; River Oaks Police Department; Lindale Police Department; Longview Police Department; Athens Police Department; Maybank Police Department; Texas Depart- ment of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Department; TxDPS Texas Rangers; Tuttle, Okla., Police Department; Bryan County, Okla., Sheriff’s Offi ce; Muskogee, Okla., Police Department; Bossier Parish, La., Police Department; Bossier City, La., Police Department; Rapides Parish, La., Sheriff’s Offi ce; and Vernon Parish, La., Sheriff’s Offi ce. “This case provides a great example of TSCRA Special Rangers working in con-
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