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TSCRA Inspector Scott Williamson had been watching the suspect for several months when the breakthrough came.In February 2004, Williamson was investigating multiple property crimes in several Texas and Oklahoma counties when Inspector H.D. Brittain suggested he take a look at Roddy Dean Pippin.The 20-year-old Pippin from Odell, Texas, was suspected of stealing some saddles in Brittain's district.Williamson started gathering information.The tip-off came on July 2, 2004, when a rancher's daughter reported the license number of a pickup hauling cattle through Odell at 1:30 a.m.Williamson asked the sheriffs" departments in Wilbarger and Hardeman counties to stop anyone pulling a trailer after 10 p.m. and let him know.He got the call at 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 8.The same pickup was moving cattle through Odell, and Roddy Dean Pippin was driving.Williamson left immediately and discovered Pippin with eight head of cattle, some of which were branded with a Lazy J on the left hip.
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Williamson began contacting inspectors and law enforcement officers in the surrounding counties.By 8 a.m. he learned that the cattle branded with the Lazy J had been stolen from Joe Lindsey of Quanah during the night.When confronted, Pippin confessed to stealing Lindsey's cattle.In a rush of relief, he also confessed to numerous other crimes and identified several co-conspirators.By the time Pippin was through, Williamson had to call in Inspectors Brittain and Ken Miniard to help in searching for and seizing stolen property.
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Inspector Williamson emphasizes that the break in this case was the hot iron brand on one of the cows.
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Owners of the stolen cattle contacted TSCRA Field Inspector Scott Williamson who traced Pence's paper trail as he dug himself deeper into trouble over a two-year period.In the spring of 1999, Pence, 23, of Elmer, Okla., purchased six springer cows with money acquired through a loan from Guarantee State Bank in Mangum, Okla.A year later, he sold three pairs of these cattle at the Hollis Livestock Auction.To cover his tracks, he used his sister's name as consignor.He kept most of the money and gave some to his sister.A few months later, he sold the remaining three pairs in the same manner.When the note came due, he told the loan officer that the cattle were turned out on the Mock Brothers place in Altus, Okla., where he had worked for two years.Pence began catching unbranded cattle along the Red River and selling them, this time under his girlfriend's name.He still did not pay his bank note.On Feb. 1, 2001, Pence was informed that he had to make payment on his past-due loan.The next day, he used a Mock Brothers pickup and trailer to load five head from the sick trap at Mock Brothers feedlot headquarters east of Altus.He hauled them to Hollis Livestock Auction and consigned four head under his name and the bank's and one under his girlfriend's name.When Williamson confronted the suspect, Pence gave him a written confession.Pence was tried on May 15 2001, in the District Court of Jackson County, Okla., and pled guilty to Larceny of a Domestic Animal.He was sentenced to three years deferred adjudication and ordered to pay a $300 fine, $113 in courts costs, a $50 victim's compensation assessment and $30 in warrant fees.
Dead Calves Found in Thieves' Pickup
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TSCRA Inspectors: Scott Williamson, Dean Bohannan
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TSCRA Inspector: Scott Williamson
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TSCRA Inspector: Scott Williamson
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TSCRA Inspector: Scott Williamson
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TSCRA Inspector: Scott Williamson
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TSCRA Inspector: Scott Williamson
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TSCRA Inspector: Scott Williamson
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TSCRA Inspector: Scott Williamson
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TSCRA Inspector: Scott Williamson
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TSCRA Inspector: Scott Williamson
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