GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) - Another man is charged in connection with the shooting of a cow and disposing its remains with a stolen backhoe.
The Gillette News Record reports (https://bit.ly/1mp7lUl ) 36-year-old Randy Ayres was charged last month with aggravated burglary, accessory after the fact and wrongful taking or disposing of property.
Ayres is accused of breaking into a home days before the yearling cow was found Sept. 4 and stealing more than a half-dozen firearms.
Court documents say an AR-15 rifle and a .45 caliber handgun from the robbery were used to shoot the cow.
Documents say Ayres told a cellmate in Nebraska jail that Justin Epley shot the cow with the AR-15 about 50 times.
Epley is accused of cutting the cow’s hindquarters for meat, then damaging the backhoe after moving the carcass.
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Information from: The Gillette (Wyo.) News Record, https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com
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