Four Miller County residents have been arrested for stealing a herd of cattle after investigators found the suspects had rented a trailer to haul the livestock and sold them at the Regional Stockyard in Vienna, Mo.
A total of eight cattle were stolen from a farm off of Gensert Road in Eldon. The thefts were reported July 19.
According to the Miller County Sheriff’s Department, Cody Dinwiddle, 18; Brandon Chapman, 19; Patrick Reed, 18, and Joshua Gibbs, 17, have been charged with felony theft of an animal and receiving stolen property of $500 or more. Bond on each is $50,000.
On Aug. 12, the sheriff’s department looked into an anonymous tip a stock trailer had been rented in St. James, Mo., to transport the cattle to Vienna, Mo., to be sold.
From there, investigators pieced together who was responsible for the thefts.
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