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Elena Richart Escoda was arrested for theft after she allegedly stole three horses from her customer worth $220,000....
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A horse racing groom is accused of raping a teenage girl after he gave her a ride. Authorities say DNA evidence implicates Francisco Espinoza, 60, to the crimes....
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Officials seized more than 100 animals including 32 horses, some Gypsy Vanners, from horse breeders Melanie Olajos and her husband. The Fairy Tail Equines owners are facing animal cruelty charges....
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Thomas Olajos and his wife, Melanie Olajos, of Fairy Tail Equines, are charged with dozens of counts of animal cruelty for the maltreatment of their horses....
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Florida horse trainer Andrew Barone of Raven Ridge Farm is charged with felony grand theft auto after he allegedly stole a Yamaha motorbike from the International Palm Beach Equestrian Center, according to authorities...
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What led to the deaths of more than a dozen horses in California? The horses' owners filed suit against Western Milling (O.H. Kruse Grain & Milling) for poisoning almost 50 horses with monensin, a deadly toxin. Get the...
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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 Count...
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John Golitz, of Tryon, NC is charged with felony conversion. Golitz is the president of LifePULSE PEMF Therapy. The charges are related to the alleged conversion of two PMF Systems Magnetic Pulse Generator Model...
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Horse trainer Bridget Rice pleaded guilty to animal cruelty in a plea deal after being charged with 12 counts....
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Missouri sex offender Robert Johnson admitted he made a mistake when he taught a 12-year-old female riding student at Johnson's Performance Horses. Under the terms of his probation, Johnson is not allowed to teach or t...
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Tennessee Walking Horse trainer David Davenport of D&D Farms in Rogersville, Missouri is serving 5 years in prison for child sex abuse, according to authorities. Davenport must register as a sex offender upon his relea...
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Amy Rader-Frick owns White Birch Farm in Portland, Connecticut. It is a horse boarding, riding, and training facility geared at the Quarter Horse industry. A judge recently sentenced Rader-Frick's husband in a murder-...
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Tennessee hunter/jumper trainer Matt Martin is being sued for failing to disclose health and behavior issues of sales horses he recommended. The suit accuses Martin of fraud, breach of contract and negligent misrepresenta...
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Brookway Stables owner Archie Cox, of California, is challenging USEF's GABA science in a New York court. The filing comes after the USEF Hearing Committee ruled in August 2015 that Cox and his client violated F...
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The petitioners believe USEF's decision to hold them in violation of GR410 was arbitrary and capriocious and not supported by scientific evidence. The hunter/jumper trainer and owners are seeking the court to dismiss the...
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Brock Clermont of Clermark Equestrian is charged with felony battery. Clermont, a hunter/jumper trainer, is now working out of Alder Lane Farm in Cotati, CA....
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Paint horse breeder Bennie Lynn Clawson pleaded guilty to stealing money from a fund she set up for car accident victim and former American Junior Paint Horse Association (AjPHA) president Banks Ready. Clawson has a ...
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Tori Colvin's mother, Brigid Colvin is suing the United States Equestrian Federation after she was suspended for 7 months after the horse Inclusive was found to have GABA levels higher than allowed....
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Luis Galindo of Galindo Sport Horses is charged with theft by deception after he allegedly sold a horse that was stolen from its owner three years prior. Then he asked the new buyer for more funds for the use of the horse...
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Robert Dimitt is accused of horse abuse after he "maliciously and cruelly mutilated" multiple Quarter Horses by cutting the frogs out of their feet, which led to the horses' deaths....
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