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An East Texas man with a prolific cattle rustling history spanning more than a decade has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for swindling bovines from a Mississippi rancher. Carl Wade Curry, 44 from Athens was accused of stealing 400 head of cattle worth more than $200,000 last year. District Attorney Staley Heatly says Curry placed an order with a Mississippi man using a fake name and cattle company in Vernon, where the owner shipped the cattle. The owner contacted authorities when he didn't receive payment. A jury in Hardeman County took less than 30 minutes to both convict...

Deported cattle rustler leads police on harrowing chase By GREG WELTER - Staff Writer ORLAND -- A man convicted of stealing dairy cows in 2001, then deported to Mexico after serving a three-year state prison term, led police on a lengthy vehicle and foot pursuit early Friday morning near Orland. After running several stop signs and driving at speeds up to 100 mph during a seven-mile chase, Matias Bravo Nares, 35, stopped his 1995 GMC pickup in a field on Capay Road in Tehama County and attempted to run from officers. At one point, he stopped to remove his shirt...

There's more ba-a-a-d news for Oregon State University's football team. Beavers player Ben Michael Siegert was apparently caught driving the getaway vehicle that whisked a ram away from the university's Sheep Center, according to police. A Benton County Sheriff's deputy found the animal in the bed of a pickup after pulling Siegert over for speeding on Southwest Whiteside Drive about 1:34 a.m. last Friday morning. Also in the pickup was former OSU football player Brent Charles Bridges, 22, and Whitney Susan Rodgers, 19, of Glendale, Ariz. Contacted Tuesday afternoon, Siegert said he recalled being pulled over, but denied any involvement...