UPDATE!
A Denton County man is in now in jail having been charged with felony theft of these prize boots. (Read more from The Dallas Morning News.)

UPDATE!
Mr. Chappell’s boots have been recovered and are headed back to the shop! …Thanks to evidence uncovered in jail interviews and multiple house searches. Read more at The Dallas Morning News and khou.com.

These beautiful hand carved cowboy boots were made by Mr. Carl Chappell. They are pictured in my book on page 274 …and were stolen from Trail Town Custom Leather Shop in Saint Jo, Texas, on 30 July, 2007 at approximately 10:00am.

Thanks to the Dallas Morning News for the details provided in this story. Be sure to listen to the audio file.

Anyone with information should contact John Glaze at Trail Town Custom
Leather, 940-995-2600 or the Saint Jo Police Department at 940-995-2337.

(Click here for a larger view of the shop’s REWARD poster.)