No. 9:2007CIV80056
Florida Southern District Court
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The United States Department of Justice filed an enforcement action Wednesday against a Florida feed manufacturer to stop what it calls the adulteration and misbranding of medicated animal feeds....
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Brock Clermont was charged with felony battery in August 2015 in Wellington, Florida. Clermont, of Clermark Equestrian, now resides in California and operates his business out of Alder Lane Farm in Cotati....
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An Orange County Grand Jury indicted the former operator of a Virginia horse rescue on charges of embezzlement. The 13-count indictment was handed down against Anne Shumate Williams, also known as Anne Goland, this week....
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A Maury County Circuit Court jury took an hour to find a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer guilty of assault on Tuesday. Alabama's Jamie Lawrence drove his truck at an anti-soring protester last May when he entered a horse ven...
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Yogi Breisner, Performance Manager and Lead for World Class Program Coach Development, says coaching is "a tremendous responsibility." He attributes that responsibility to another living creature being involved in the proces...
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A Pennsylvania show jumping trainer has been charged with felony theft by deception. Luis Galindo-Arias, who goes by Luis Galindo in the U.S., sold a horse that he knew wasn't his, according to court documents. ...
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Anne Goland, who also goes by the name Anne Shumate, is charged with 27 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty. Ten horses were seized by authorities after Goland surrendered more than 70 horses and dozens of small animals. Go...
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A Kentucky horse trainer was sentenced to jail Friday for animal cruelty. Francis Lee McKinney was convicted of four counts of miscare and mistreatment of animals....
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Brigid Colvin was one of two "horse trainers" suspended after Tori Colvin's mount Inclusive, owned by Betsee Parker, tested positive for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) at the 2014 USHJA International Hunter Derby Championshi...
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Authorities say a top show jumping horse was killed at Imperial Farms Equestrian Center in Florida. It happened at the Palmetto stable sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning....
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The arrest report states James Hutchinson "intentionally committed an act of animal cruelty by repeatedly and excessively punching the horse in the head and also whipping the horse about the face and body..."...
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A Charleston County Grand Jury indicted a South Carolina horse farm owner in an animal cruelty case during it's September session. Susan Rebecca Housley, of Johns Island, is accused of neglecting the care and feeding of two ...
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A North Carolina dressage trainer charged with assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury accepted a plea deal. Leslie Bean, of August Dressage, pleaded guilty to assault causing serious injury....
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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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An Indiana horse trainer is facing animal neglect charges after 24 equines were found in emaciated condition. Brian Watts of SBK Training Ranch is charged with 15 counts of misdemeanor animal abuse....
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A New Jersey jumper trainer was kicked out of the Hampton Classic Horse Show after being accused of horse abuse. National competitor Devin Ryan, of River Run Stables, was turned into stewards by an alert schooling supervisor...
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North Carolina dressage trainer Leslie Bean is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. The Autumn Dressage owner is accused of assaulting her husband with a vehicle, according to the warrant....
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The five-count indictment was handed down against Murray Rojas, Pennsylvania, a Board Member of the Pennsylvania Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association for the alleged illegal drugging of horses on race day....
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APHA trainer Brad House must register as a sex offender in Missouri, according to the St. Charles County Prosecutor's office. House had an on-going sex relationship with a minor that boarded her horse at Dardenne Creek Stabl...
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North Carolina hunter/jumper trainer William "Joey" Barley is charged with trafficking methamphetamines after a drug bust. The Joey Barley Stables owner is also charged with possession with intent to sell....
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An accused horse abuser in Florida was sentenced to 5-years probation on Wednesday. James Richard 'Bo' Sharpe, of Okeechobee, entered into a plea deal with prosecutors....
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Gina Warren of GT Stables in Davie is charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors after she allegedly gave her horseback riding students alcohol before they saddled up. One horseback riding student was seriously i...
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The charge stems from an incident in Tennessee where anti-soring protesters waited outside the Spring Jubilee at the Maury County Park with signs. Jamie Lawrence, of Vinemont, allegedly drove his truck at protester Teresa Bi...
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The nine-year-old was at a Florida horse auction this week, where five formerly abused horses were being sold on the auction block. Campbell was waiting to reconnect with an old friend named Dixie Belle. The pair met at the ...
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A Florida businessman says his insurer unfairly denied coverage after his veterinary facility's hyperbaric chamber exploded with a horse inside, killing a nearby employee....
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A Tennessee hunter/jumper trainer is facing criminal prosecution after allegedly stealing a show pony she was leasing. Tresie Wallace, who owns Showcase Equestrian Center in Eads, is charged with felony larceny after bailmen...
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Canadian eventer Stuart Black was arrested for domestic assault earlier this week. The traveling reserve for the Canadian Pan Am Eventing Team announced his withdrawal from the team due to "medical reasons"....
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A Washington horse trainer was given a suspended 364-day jail sentence on Thursday. Nola Butler pleaded guilty last month to first degree attempted animal cruelty....
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A Florida farrier made the cut for the The History Channel's new series "Forged in Fire". Jonathan Porter, of Lakeland, calls the experience "a little surreal," after he was invited to New York for filming earlier this year....
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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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Laura Bowery-Falco of New York made international news in July 2013 when she was arrested after she allegedly attacked her nanny. The then 20-year-old nanny tried to prevent Bowery-Falco, a mother, from driving drunk with he...
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