MCCOOK, Neb. (AP) — A 54-year-old Culbertson woman is accused of stealing more than $800,000 when she worked for a livestock auction company in McCook.
Trina Hoyt is charged with felony theft and is scheduled for arraignment in Red Willow County District Court next week. Hoyt is accused of writing 26 unauthorized checks on Tri-State Livestock Commission Co. accounts between January 2012 and December 2013 and depositing them into her own accounts.
Hoyt, who has bonded out of jail, told The Associated Press on Thursday that, “Yeah, I made a mistake, but everybody makes mistakes.”
She says she and her husband have “paid the $800-some-thousand back” by giving their land and equipment to Tri-State. Associated Press attempts to reach a Tri-State representative were unsuccessful.