Warrant issued in Moffat County for wrongful branding

An arrest warrant has been issued in Moffat County District Court for a local rancher suspected of violating Colorado Revised Statutes regarding cattle. Monty Luke Pilgrim, 51, of Little Snake River, is suspected of theft, a Class 3 felony; theft of certain animals, a Class 4 felony; wrongful branding, a Class 6 felony; and concealing estrays, a Class 6 felony, according to an arrest affidavit filed Tuesday in district court. Pilgrim is suspected of being in possession of 36 cows and 31 calves belonging to nine different owners. He is also suspected of misbranding those calves as his own...more