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In the News
Alert
officer foils theft of four horses
| By PETER
WILLIAMS, Managing Editor |
June
06, 2004 Clarkesville Press Register, Mississippi |
A
Lyon police officer foiled the theft of four horses Saturday and
caught one of two men thought to be involved. It was Coahoma
County's second incident involving stolen horses in a month
 Kyle
Davis (left), owner of four horses stolen and recovered early
Saturday, gives information to Mississippi Agricultural and
Livestock Theft Bureau investigator Billy Benson (second from
right) of Batesville.
Officer
Lee Clayton was on patrol when he saw a pickup truck pulling a
horse trailer pass by about 2:30 a.m. About 30 minutes later, he
heard a loud banging noise caused by the same horse trailer going
over a railroad track in Lyon. This time the trailer was loaded,
so he followed the vehicle.
As he was about to pull the pickup over, it sped up and Clayton
chased it to the area behind Lyon Elementary School on Roberson
Road, where two men jumped out and started running, lawmen said.
Clayton caught one of the suspects, a 24-year-old Pontotoc man. As
of Saturday afternoon, the man remained in custody but had not
been charged, according to Sheriff Andrew Thompson Jr.
Coahoma County sheriff's deputies and a K-9 search team brought in
from the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman tracked the
other suspect, and by Saturday afternoon the search had expanded
into Quitman County, the sheriff said.
The vehicle involved was a 2004 Dodge 1500 pickup that was leased
from a dealer in Corinth. The trailer had been stolen from
Mid-South Waste Disposal, a Clarksdale garbage hauler. A pistol
was also found in the vehicle.
Rhett Shaffett of Mid-South noticed the trailer missing about 6:45
a.m. Saturday.
The four horses in Saturday's case were owned by Catherine and
Kyle Davis and were being kept on property owned by Kay Merritt.
They had a combined value of about $10,000. Apparently, the horses
didn't give up without a fight, because several had scratches on
them, according to Merritt, and the stalls where they were being
kept were damaged.
"I really appreciate Lee and the Sheriff's Department,"
she said. "I hope this leads to the recovery of other
horses."
Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau officers from
Batesville were also involved.
In May, two horses were stolen from a pasture at the intersection
of Lee Drive and Stovall Road. That incident happened about 1:30
a.m. on a Sunday.
Boogie, a 2-year-old red sorrel, and Ace, a black Tennessee
walking horse, have not been recovered.
Thompson said he was not linking Saturday's theft with the earlier
one.
Kenneth Hood, Ace's owner, doesn't think those involved in
Saturday's theft were involved in the incident three weeks ago.
"There are a big ring of these people," Hood said.
"And people who own horses are upset. They're upset and
scared to death. When you have a horse, it's like a member of your
family.
"I fed mine twice a day and would go over and see him seven,
eight or 10 times a day."
Both the owners of Ace and Boogie are offering a $500 reward for
any tips leading to the return of their horses and the arrest of
the culprit or culprits.
According to Stolen Horse International Inc., an estimated 40,000
to 55,000 horses in the United States go missing or are stolen
each year, many sold for profit as pets or meat.
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