Two cousins were arrested this past week after they allegedly snuck onto a private ranch to illegally hunt hogs and were tracked down through surveillance cameras, a Snapchat video and an impounded pit bull.
Gavin Keith Dasher, 30, of Oxford, and his 18-year-old cousin, Gracin Randell Dasher-Richardson of Wildwood, were arrested by Sumter County sheriff’s deputies on misdemeanor trespassing charges.
The investigation began in late May when a detective found suspicious tire tracks leading to a fenced, private cattle ranch along Interstate 75 in Bushnell. The property owner authorized deputies to investigate after reporting that trespassers had been illegally hunting hogs on his land.
The detective set up hidden surveillance cameras in the area. Late on the night of June 3, the cameras captured three men and a black dog moving hastily through a metal gate onto the property…