JEANNIE NUSS
Associated Press
Updated: December 05, 2011 - 9:20 pm

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A college freshman in southern Arkansas said she watched her mother's boyfriend kill one of five horses that she helped steal from her fellow student rodeo riders, authorities allege in a court document released Monday.

The remains of that horse, named Credit Card, were later found in southeast Oklahoma on property near Jaci Rae Jackson's mother's home, according to an affidavit for Jackson's arrest warrant. The other four horses were found malnourished but alive on the same property last month.

Authorities arrested Jackson Monday during a traffic stop near Magnolia, where she studies general business at Southern Arkansas University.

Jackson, who turns 19 on Tuesday, faces six felony theft charges and was being held on $100,000 bond in the Columbia County jail. She had not retained an attorney as of Monday and is expected to appear before a judge this week. Formal charges will come later this month.

Warrants have been issued for the arrests of two other suspects in Oklahoma.

"Other suspects are known to be involved," university police Chief Eric Plummer said in a statement. "We will work this case until everyone involved is brought to justice."

The affidavit for Jackson's arrest warrant claims she committed the crimes by acting as an accomplice.

Continue with story

Resource: The Republic, http://m.therepublic.com/view/story/f96819078cb2454dba12952c2647c037/?mid=5479346