Updated: 6:16 AM MST March 11, 2021
PAYETTE COUNTY, Idaho After a slew of reports and multiple calves going missing during the night, the Payette County Sheriff s Office is warning residents of cattle rustling in pastures near Payette and Fruitland.
The sheriff s office announced on Wednesday that it is investigating several reports of cattle theft that were called in between March 5 and March 8.
Officials said they have been reported of at least nine calves that were taken during the night from pastures in the Fruitland and Payette areas.
Cody Burlile, the State Brand Inspector, has been notified of the reports of cattle rustling. The State Brand Inspector is part of the Idaho State Police and is solely tasked with preventing and reducing theft of livestock in Idaho when they are being sold, leaving the state and when going to slaughter.
ONTARIO
A Canyon County Magistrate judge will consider a motion for a bond reduction during a preliminary hearing on Monday morning for Gregory Escobedo Jr., 27, of Ontario. His bond was set at $500,000 on March 5, according to court documents.
Escobedo Jr. faces multiple felony charges and one misdemeanor charge connected to a stolen pickup and shooting of the vehicleâs owner, a 48-year-old Payette man, when confronted.
According to Canyon County Sheriffâs Office, after the pickup was stolen from a gas station in Payette County on March 4, the victim got a ride from someone and they followed it into Canyon County. The sheriffâs office alleges that at some point Escobedo stopped the vehicle, at which point the victim approached him and was shot in the head.
ONTARIO
A 27-year-old Ontario man who killed his father during his 21st birthday party in 2014, and served six years in prison for the crime, was arrested Thursday night on multiple felony charges involving a stolen vehicle and the shooting of a 48-year-old Payette man.
According to a news release from Canyon County Sheriffâs Office, Gregory Escobedo Jr. was arrested for allegedly shooting a man who tried to confront him for stealing his vehicle while the vehicle was stopped. The victim got a ride from someone and they followed the pickup into Canyon County.
The news release states that deputies responded at about 6:45 p.m. to the area of Old Highway 30 and Farmway Road in an attempt to find a Dodge pickup that had just been stolen from a gas station in Payette County. They then received information that the reporting party, who was in the nearby vicinity, had just been injured after confronting the person who stole the pickup.
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