Crime
Cash Cow: Pearl River man arrested for pocketing livestock sales
JACKSON, MS. – A Pearl River man, Mark Deon Inman Jr., turned himself in to the Pearl River County Jail on two warrants for felony false pretense on Monday.
A multi-agency investigation began in 2021 when Windy Hills Beefmaster Ranch in Poplarville reported a livestock theft to the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB). An investigation revealed that Inman faces charges for selling the ranch’s livestock while pretending to operate on its behalf but keeping the proceeds from those sales for himself. He was a former employee at Windy Hills Beefmaster Ranch.
“This is an ongoing investigation, with more charges expected,” said MALTB Director Dean Barnard, “Thank you to the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau, Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department and the 15th Circuit District Attorney Hal Kittrell’s Office for all the time they have dedicated to this case.”
The Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau, the law enforcement division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, enforces state laws pertaining to the theft of cattle, horses, swine, poultry, fish, farm equipment, chemicals, timber and all other farm or agriculture-related crimes. The Pearl River man was caught engaging in one such crime. Visit www.msagtheft.org to learn more about the MALTB. To report or provide information regarding an agricultural crime, call (800) 678-2660.
