Horse Thieves Rustled Off To Prison

A mom-and-daughter team who robbed Southwest Colorado FCU last year were rustled off to jail.

Donja Vaughn and her 62-year-old mother, Sharon Vaughn, were sentenced to three years and 12 years in prison for stealing horses in Kansas and Utah while they were in the horse-breeding business.

"This case indicates that Colorado still takes horse thieves very seriously," said state Attorney General John Suthers after the sentencing. The mother-and-daughter bandits are scheduled to be sentenced later this summer for the May 2005 robbery of $105,000 from the CU.

Mother and daughter were arrested after police searched their apartment and discovered more than $40,000 in CU loot hidden there.

They first became suspects when Sharon Vaughn tried to pay her back rent with $20,000 in $20 bills stolen from the CU. The two women tried unsuccessfully to commit suicide after they learned police were on to them. (c) 2006 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com

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