Texas Judge Arrested on Cattle Theft

May 24, 2022 at 08:43 AM CST
A local judge and rancher in Loving County, Texas, and three other men were arrested on Friday and booked on multiple felony charges of organized crime and livestock theft, in connection with an alleged estray cattle-theft operation as part of a year's-long investigation in southwest Texas. Skeet Lee Jones, 71, is a local ranch owner who also has served as a county judge since 2007. Also arrested with Jones were former Loving County sheriff's deputy Leroy Medlin Jr., 35, Cody Williams, 31, and Jonathon Alvarado, 23, according to the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Jones, Williams and Alvarado, each are charged with livestock theft and organized crime, while Medlin is charged with one count of organized crime.

May 24, 2022 at 08:43 AM CST

A local judge and rancher in Loving County, Texas, and three other men were arrested on Friday and booked on multiple felony charges of organized crime and livestock theft, in connection with an alleged estray cattle-theft operation as part of a year's-long investigation in southwest Texas. Skeet Lee Jones, 71, is a local ranch owner who also has served as a county judge since 2007. Also arrested with Jones were former Loving County sheriff's deputy Leroy Medlin Jr., 35, Cody Williams, 31, and Jonathon Alvarado, 23, according to the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Jones, Williams and Alvarado, each are charged with livestock theft and organized crime, while Medlin is charged with one count of organized crime.