Cattle Rustler Who Illegally Wrangled Hundreds of Little Doggies Faces Justice

EL PASO, TX — A West Texas man has been arrested and indicted by a Grand Jury for cattle rustling  after the checks he wrote for hundreds of cattle bounced and he refused to pay for them.  

Jason Lenstrom visited the Rio Grand Classic Livestock Auction in El Paso on Jan. 19 and Feb. 2, purchasing 126 head of roping cattle between the two days. The only problem was he didn’t have the money.

After the checks were returned for the second time, the auction market owners reached out to the buyer, attempting to settle up. He said he’d pay in two weeks, but when he didn’t, the victim reached out to Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Clay McKinney.

Following McKinney’s investigation, Lenstrom was indicted by an El Paso County grand jury Aug. 5. He was arrested in Holbrook, Arizona, Aug. 23 and bail is set at $60,000.

The defendant faces four felony counts of theft of livestock.