Cattle Rustler Roped in Riverside

Written by Robin Sandoval on January 9, 2010 – 1:07 pm -

Riverside CA — Cattle theft in the Inland Empire is not a common occurrence. However, this week Cherry Valley resident, Steven Seick 47 was arrested and jailed by the Riverside Sheriff’s Department for stealing cattle and attempting to sell them off at an Ontario auction. 

Seick is now behind bars, and has been accused of stealing the cattle (worth about $3,600) from the Morongo Indian reservation. He tried selling eight of the head of cattle an an Ontario stockyard. That’s when officials were called in.

The state branding inspector described the cattle as being from the Morongo Tribal Cattlemen’s Association.

Stockyard owner, Jeremy Gorham explained Read more »

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