UPDATE: Newkirk man admits to stealing cow and trailer

NEWKIRK — Hunter Charles Taylor, 23, Newkirk, entered a guilty plea in Kay County District Court to a felony count of larceny of domestic animals, implements of husbandry. He is sentenced to 10 years in prison with all but nine months suspended. A motion to revoke sentencing in a 2023 case was granted.

Plea docket set for Newkirk man accused of stealing a cow and a trailer

NEWKIRK — A plea docket is set for Hunter Charles Taylor, 23, Newkirk, in Kay County District Court.

Taylor is facing a felony count of larceny of domestic animals, implements of husbandry.

The Kay County Sheriff’s Department reports that on April 9, a deputy responded to the 9800  block of west Bender Road for a report of a stolen trailer and other items.

The missing trailer was described as a gray 1992 Vanguard stock trailer valued at $2,000. The deputy looked around the area and located cut locks. The resident told the deputy that Taylor is a relative and that he thinks he took the trailer and that it would be found in Wichita, Kan.

At 11:38 p.m. Wichita police contacted KSO and reported that they located and impounded the trailer and a cow.

It was learned that Jeff Schieber was the owner of the cow.

The owner of the trailer told deputies that he believed Taylor was trying to steal Schieber’s cows because they allegedly graze in an area on north Q Street that belongs to members of Taylor’s family.

On May 1 a warrant for Taylor was issued with bond endorsed at $50,000.

He was arrested and remains in the county jail with plea docket set for Sept. 28.