Juvenile arrested after livestock found shot
BONNEVILLE COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI) - Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the Swan Valley area on Sunday afternoon by a rancher who discovered five of his cows had been shot and killed.
Information from area ranchers identified a vehicle of interest that had been in the area at the time.
On Monday morning, deputies made contact with a juvenile associated with the vehicle in question who admitted to killing the cows. The juvenile was taken into custody and booked into the 3-B Juvenile Detention Facility.
The value of the lost livestock was estimated at more than $22,000 and felony charges for malicious injury to property are pending at this time.
