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A Minnesota Saddle Seat trainer is charged with molesting a former riding student. Luis Felipe Rodriguez, of Prior Lake, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct....
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Convicted sex offender Robert L. Johnson, of Missouri, is in trouble after being caught teaching children horseback riding lessons. The owner of Johnsons Performance Horses, located in Miller, is charged with violating his p...
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The former President of the American Saddlebred Horse Association of Georgia (ASHAG) must register as a sex offender, according to the solicitor's office. Chan Sutton, of Brunswick, Georgia pleaded guilty on Friday to comput...
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A jury found a Florida stable owner guilty of seven counts including child molestation and battery Saturday. Loomes Wheeler, Jr. faced nine felony counts of rape and sexual abuse....
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An Alabama horseback riding instructor accused of sexually abusing multiple teenage girls is off house arrest. Thomas Tucker is out on $40,000 bond, but remains under electronic surveillance....
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An Arizona horseback riding instructor accused of molesting female riding students is standing trial, again. Ralph Carr is accused of fondling a former student's breasts when she was 11-years-old....
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Authorities arrested the co-owner of Parkview Farms in Louisiana on an aggravated rape charge. Vincent D'Atrio is accused of raping a mentally challenged woman at the stable....
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North Carolina riding instructor, Stanley Jones, is facing two felonies in connection with the repeated sexual abuse of a horseback riding student, authorities say. Stanley Jones...
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A former Massachusetts riding instructor is scheduled to appear in court next week on 11 counts of cruelty to animals by a custodian. Jennifer Bentley Balestrieri was charged after authorities say they found her horses in po...
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The governor of Massachusetts signed new legislation into law that will impose tougher sentences for animal abusers. It also requires veterinarians to report suspected cases of animal abuse....
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A Florida stable operator accused of child sex abuse is behind bars after being on the run since last September. Loomes Wheeler Jr. was nabbed in the Bahamas, according to Osceola County Sheriff's Office....
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A retired police officer is on the wrong side of the law after being accused of sexually abusing a teen at the barn he managed. Walter Sasse was arrested and faces nine charges including sexual assault....
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Alabama horseback riding instructor Thomas Tucker was arrested on six counts of second-degree sexual abuse after being accused by multiple students of sexual misconduct....
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Florida authorities are searching for the owner of Horse World Riding Stables, who is an accused sex offender. They say Loomes Wheeler, Jr. removed his ankle monitor Monday and fled his home....
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A former dressage instructor pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing two horseback riding students at Hartwood Equestrian Center in Pennsylvania. Justin Tarr was sentenced to jail for his crimes against the teen girls....
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The owner of Horse World Riding Stables in Florida was arrested for the second time this month for alleged sex abuse. Loomes Wheeler, Jr. of Kissimmee is charged with 3 counts of lewd or lascivious molestation in this case....
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A deadlocked jury ended the trial of Arizona horse trainer Ralph Carr. He is accused of sexually abusing several female riding students. A new trial date has been scheduled for February....
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A Michigan horse trainer is behind bars after being accused of sexually abusing four young girls. Doug Guffey was arraigned yesterday in Genesee District Court....
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A former Georgia dressage trainer, turned inmate, was back in court on May 30. Kenn Acebal pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine....
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Four months after horse trainer Michael Grant was found guilty of repeated sexual assault of a child he was sentenced. Judge John Race said Grant groomed his victims and sexually exploited them....
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So how do some sex offenders, even those who have been convicted, go unnoticed when working around children? Find out at Horse Authority before you look for a riding instructor or stable for your child's pony....
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A Wisconsin jury found horse trainer Michael T. Grant guilty of repeated sexual assault of a child. The verdict comes eleven years after the abuse took place in his home at the Fantasy Hills Ranch, where he was an employee....
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A Tennessee gaited horse trainer has been acquitted of sexual abuse against three female minors....
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Georgia dressage trainer, Kenneth Acebal, has been indicted on charges, which include criminal attempt to commit aggravated child molestation. Acebal was sentenced in a plea deal. see the latest...
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A Kansas horse trainer is charged with raping a teenage girl. Authorities arrested Steve D. White in late August after a minor came forward regarding incidents that allegedly occured in 2007. White pleaded no contest to one ...
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The Wisconsin horse trainer who was on the run for more than eight months now awaits trial behind bars. Michael T. Grant was nabbed by US Marshalls in July and is charged with two counts of repeated sexual assault of a child...
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How do some sex offenders, even those who have been convicted, go unnoticed when working around children? This horse show videographer has done just that in Florida. Horse Authority shows you how it happens and how you can p...
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Dr. Thomas Wilson, a Pennsylvania veterinarian, is charged with allegedly sodomizing a horse. According to court documents the alleged offense occurred in 2009. Learn more about civil and criminal court cases at Equine Court...
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Michigan quarter horse trainer Doug Guffey is behind bars awaiting his day in court after allegations he sexually abused four young girls. Stay up to date with this case and more at Equine Court brought to you by Rate My Hor...
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Ralph Carr was arrested after the parents of a 13-year-old girl said Carr had "inappropriately touched her both over and under her clothes" during several horseback riding lessons at his Moonreach Ranch in Maricopa County....
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John Monetti was coach of the NYU Equestrian team and a trainer at Smoke Run Farm for the Intercollegiate Horse Show. Now, The Knox School graduate is a registered sex offender in New York after his release from prison in 20...
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