April 2023 Issue

Page 30 April 2023 EAST COAST EQUESTRIAN Alabama Man Arrested for York County, PA Horse Theft, Credit Card Fraud Mississippi, where the horse was eventually delivered on October 15. The subscriber information registered to that phone had a listed address in Irvington, Alabama. At the request of Tpr. Reynolds, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Department checked that address on December 28 and found a horse matching the de- scription of Predict the Future on an adjacent property, and a trail- er matching the images of the involved trailer from Lexington, Kentucky, and Moss Point, Mis- sissippi. A male subject on the property told law enforcement personnel the property belonged to Bradley Wells. Law enforce- ment personnel used a microchip reader and scanned the horse, confirming the horse was Predict the Future. The horse was seized by law enforcement and kept at a local stable until transport was obtained back to Pennsylvania. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Department confirmed through Alabama property records that Bradley Wells is the owner of the property where the horse was found. Through additional research, the sheriff’s department found Wells was also associated with the property in Moss Point, Mississippi, the same address “Leroy Davis” provided the vic- tim on the bill of sale documents for the horse. Tpr. Reynolds obtained an arrest warrant for Wells, charging him with Theft, Access Device Fraud, and Criminal Use of a Communication Facility. Charges were filed on January 6 in Magisterial District Court 19-3-04. Wells turned himself in at Troop J, York station on January 18. On. February 1, Tpr. Reynolds obtained another arrest warrant for Bradley Wells on the charges of theft of services, access device fraud, and criminal use of communication facility in Magisterial District Court 23-3- 03 in Berks County for using a fraudulent credit card to facil- itate the transportation of the horse through Brook Ledge, Inc. The Pennsylvania State Police would like to thank the Mobile County Sheriff’s Department in Alabama and the Moss Point Police Department in Mississippi for their assistance and work in recovering Predict the Future and bringing justice to the vic- tims. (Continued from page 5) Remember...tell our advertisers you found them in East Coast Equestrian! The news East Coast horse owners need to know