COURT: Man charged with cattle theft granted conditional bail
Police allege a Wantabadgery man stole 18 Angus heifers and sold them through the Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre. Here’s what we know.
A man from southern NSW has been granted conditional bail in the Wagga Wagga Local Court after being charged with stealing 18 Angus heifers.
Samuel Robert Mooney of Wantabadgery appeared before Magistrate Gareth Christofi on Friday, charged with one count of ‘steal cattle’.
The heifers have an estimated market value of about $18,000.
Detective acting sergeant Ned Doubleday with the NSW Rural Crime Prevention Team, south west zone, confirmed a report had been made to police after the cattle were sold through the
Wagga Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre.
The heifers went under the hammer on November 4.
“Inquiries into the current location of the cattle are continuing,” he said.
Police allege the theft occurred between November 2 and 3 at Wantabadgery, 38km east of Wagga Wagga in southern NSW.
At 3pm on December 5, officers arrested and charged Mr Mooney.
Mr Mooney was initially refused bail but was later granted conditional bail and is set to reappear in Wagga Wagga Local Court on January 22.
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