The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested the owner of popular restaurants Cosse’s Place and Cosse’s Corner Shack Friday, charging him with over a dozen felonies including dealing in stolen property.
Deputies arrested Matas Cosse, better known as Mike Cosse, on 13 felony counts and six misdemeanors. Here are his charges:
- Six counts of using a two-way device to facilitate a felony, third-degree felony
- Five counts of dealing in stolen property, a second-degree felony
- One county of fraudulently obtaining property worth $50,000 or more, a first-degree felony
- Six counts of forgery by removing ID marks from personal property, a first-degree misdemeanor
- One count of grand theft of $20,000 or more, a second-degree felony
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According to an arrest report, a special agent with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture contacted the SRSO on Jan. 22, saying he’s been investigating multiple thefts of John Deere tractors and skid steers throughout the state of Mississippi, and his suspect’s name was Cosse.