Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association supported investigation leading to arrest of Belinda Perez.
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers arrested Belinda Perez for the theft of four head of cattle and two trailers. Perez was charged with theft of livestock, a third-degree felony, and interfering with emergency request, a class A misdemeanor.
The arrest comes after an investigation led by Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers Joe Aguilar and Steve Martin. Special Rangers received reports of the stolen property and livestock from a victim in Hebbronville in February. The victim reported that her daughter had stolen livestock and equipment from her property without permission and suspected she was being monitored by a surveillance camera.
During the investigation, Aguilar and Martin received a confession from the victim’s daughter, Perez. They were able to successfully seize and return the two stolen trailers. The four head of cattle could not be returned as they were sold through a livestock auction by Perez. The Special Ranger team also located the surveillance camera on the victim’s property.
Perez is booked at the Jim hogg County Jail in lieu of bond.
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association thank the Jim Hogg County police department for their joint work in the apprehension of the culprit.
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association’s special rangers are an elite group of law enforcement officers who have extensive knowledge of the cattle industry. While they primarily investigate cattle theft and other agricultural crimes, they are well-trained in all facets of law enforcement. The association has 30 special rangers stationed throughout Texas and Oklahoma who are commissioned through the Texas Department of Public Safety or Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. The special rangers also oversee more than 80 market inspectors who collect data, such as brands and other identifying marks on about 5 million cattle sold at 100 Texas livestock markets each year. That information is entered into the association’s recording and retrieval system, which is a vital tool for law enforcement when investigating theft cases. For more information, visit tscra.org.
