THEFT LAW ARRESTS
TSCRA Special Rangers Catch Man in the Act of Stealing Cattle
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Harold Dempsey TSCRA Special Ranger
EXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION (TSCRA) SPECIAL RANGERS HAROLD Dempsey and Dean Bohannon arrested a Guymon, Okla. man on March 4 after
catching the suspect in the act of stealing cattle from a Dalhart livestock auction. Dempsey led the investigation and Bohannon assisted. Dempsey said he was contacted by TSCRA Market Inspector Anita Prizilas con-
cerning the suspected theft of two head of cattle from the Cattlemen’s Livestock Commission in Dalhart, Texas. Prizilas told Dempsey that the owner of the sale barn had been coming up short on head counts. The investigation revealed that the suspect, Dannie Talcott, 63, of Guymon, had
been purchasing cattle over the internet from Cattlemen’s Livestock Commission and shipping them to Preferred Beef, a packing plant in Booker, Texas. When Talcott picked up the cattle he had purchased from the Dalhart-based livestock auction, he would load more cattle than he paid for. Dempsey and Bohannon caught the suspect stealing the cattle by setting up
Dean Bohannan TSCRA Special Ranger
surveillance on March 3 around 11:00 p.m. at the sale barn. Around 5:00 a.m. the following morning, the special rangers watched Talcott load the cattle he had purchased, plus a couple of extra cattle that were not his. Dempsey and Bohannon stopped Talcott and arrested him. Talcott was transported to the Dallam-Hartley County Jail where he admitted to
stealing the cattle. He also confessed to committing the same crime on four differ- ent occasions. Talcott was charged with theft of livestock and the other four cases will be presented to the Dallam-Hartley County District Attorney. “Through the teamwork of the sale barn owners, local law enforcement offi cials,
TSCRA market inspectors and special rangers, we were able to catch this suspect in the act of stealing cattle,” said Dempsey. “I encourage anyone with cattle to keep a close watch over their herds and report any suspicious activity to local law enforce- ment as soon as possible.” TSCRA would like to thank Hartley County Sheriff Franky Scott and Chief Deputy Tim Bell for their assistance in this case.
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