Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, November 11, 1994                   TAG: 9411110066
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: RON BROWN
DATELINE: FINCASTLE                                 LENGTH: Short

CATTLE RUSTLER FACES 10 YEARS IN PRISON

Ricky Ray Bradley pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to 10 counts of grand larceny. He was sentenced to a total of 20 years, but half of that sentence was suspended under a plea agreement.

Bradley admitted stealing 56 head of cattle from a farm in Botetourt County last fall. Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Hagan said the cattle were valued at $14,950.

Bradley sold the cattle to two men who later sold them through the Roanoke Hollins Stock Yard, Hagan said.

Bradley was convicted earlier this year of stealing the belongings of a woman who had trusted him to sell them for her.