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May 29, 2014 • Volume 3 Issue 21 • Home Owned & Operated • 8 pages • .75 cents • www.thesportsledger.com
Several head of cattle and farm equipment have been stolen this past month and two cows have reportedly been shot. According to DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris, his office received a call about 50 head of cattle, a John Deer Gator and other farm equipment being stolen on County Road 58 in the New Harmony Community between May 13 & May 24. On May 13-15 there were approximately 35 head of cattle stolen. Twenty cows weighed between 1000-1200 lbs. each and
12-15 calves weighed between 100-200 lbs. each. The cattle are black, brown and a few have white faces. They are Brangus type crossbred cattle. The cows may also have a yellow ear tag with numbers below 100 in right ear and the right ear may be notched. Harris also noted that there was a second theft at the same residence between May 23-24 where 3 head of cattle, 9 calves, and a John Deer gator were stolen. There were 3 more head of cattle stolen from another farm in the Whiton
Community on County Road 58. The cattle are black baldy heifers and weigh 600-750 lbs. They have yellow ear tags in their left ear. Tag numbers are 1311, 1312 and 1313. They are Z tags with numbers. Also on May 25 the sheriff’s office received a report that two head of cattle were found shot on County Road 458 in the Fort Payne/ Lebanon Community. A Reward of $2500 is being offered for the information leading to the Arrest and Conviction of the person/s involved with this
case. Anyone with any information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Special Agent Ira Jay Whitehead at 256-6039032 or Special Agent Tim Mathews at 256-845-0465 with Alabama Agriculture and Rural Crime Unit or Investigator Craig White at 256-845-3801 with DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. “The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and The State Law Enforcement Agency Agricultural and Rural Crime Unit are working hard together on these cases,” said Harris.
Jake Bearden, Alex Combs, and Andrew Fricks recently won first place in the County Land Judging For 2014. These students, along with other Geraldine FFA members and business leaders were recently recognized during the annual parent member FFA Banquet. For more pictures see insides today’s issue of
Two men have been arrested for the March 2013 Bank robbery in Powell. According to DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris, Ericson Lamar Snow, 24 of Gadsden, has been arrested on a Robbery 1st warrant from DeKalb
County. Snow was arrested in North Gadsden by DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Investigators, Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit, Sheriff’s deputies assigned to the U.S. Marshals’ Gulf coast Regional Fugitive Task
Force, Gadsden Police Department and the FBI’s Safe Street Task Force. Snow also had a large amount of crack cocaine in his possession at the time of his arrest and more charges could be forthcoming. Also charged in the
Powell bank robbery was Jamichael Keyaman Hawkins, 26 of Gadsden. Hawkins is currently in the Etowah County Jail for robbery. A hold for DeKalb County has been placed on him for the bank robbery.
“I am so glad to have these individuals in jail for the robbery in our county,” said Harris. “These men went in and terrified those women with guns and pushing them around. Both suspects have a history of violent crimes and we were
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glad to get the warrants for them after District Attorney Mike O’Dell reviewed the evidence and case file. These men have been suspects for over a year but we got some evidence back from the FBI Lab and kept working the case.”