That was a big fat fail

^^^^Hollywood made a movie about it. Back 20 -30 years ago in NW Mo. there was a local asshole that stole livestock, he walked into any country type store around there and just picked up what he wanted and left. Did same with gas. He shot and wounded a couple of locals for no reason. This went on a couple of years all over NW Mo.and the law did nothing about it. He was in some high speed chases with local farmers several times but always got away.
Long story short, a group of of about 30 of the "upper" end farmers decided they would get him when he showed up at the local bar as he did every afternoon, right there on Main St. in this really small very rural town. I think it was a 30-30 to the head that ended it as he and his girlfriend sat in their pickup. A bag of $30,000 cash was found under the seat by the law.
I had a friend that had a fertilizer store right across the street. He said it was bad but someone had to do something. The FBI was there in force for many months trying to find out who did what. They never did.