Arrests Made in Oil Field Thefts
Posted/updated on: July 1, 2012 at 5:22 pm
JACKSONVILLE – One person has been arrested in connection with oil field thefts in southern Cherokee County. Arrested at a Jacksonville motel, where he had been staying, was Ricky Lee Schakosky, 26. He was arrested on outstanding warrants. Inside the trunk of his car, authorities recovered batteries and some other oil field equipment that had been taken from oil sites in Cherokee and Houston Counties. Investigators believe he is responsible for several other oil field thefts in Cherokee, Angelina, Nacogdoches and Houston Counties.
