Riding while drunk.

[Baitball Blogger]

Is this a second case?

Drunken man on horse led police on half-hour chase, cops say

A man was intoxicated while riding his horse as he led police on a half-hour chase through a northeast Florida town, authorities said Tuesday.

Charles Larkin Cowart, 29, was arrested Monday afternoon in the city of Bunnell, about 60 miles south of Jacksonville.

A police officer was responding to a report of "an intoxicated male riding a horse" when he turned on his emergency lights to stop traffic as Cowart crossed the street, according to the charging affidavit. Cowart said he was on his way to his grandmother's house in nearby Flagler Beach, but refused officers' order to dismount and "in an aggressive manner reared the horse back" and took off running.

Officers did not immediately chase after him, the report said, citing the public and the horse's safety. Cowart continued to ride through town, "causing a crowd of people to come out of their homes" and a train to slow down as Cowart crossed over a set of railroad tracks. Police kept their emergency lights on, but did not use their sirens to prevent the horse from being frightened and "potentially making the situation worse."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/crime/os-drunken-horseman-police-chase-20120925,0,1662557.story

[magical thyme]

1. a shout out of thanks to the Fl police for their concern for the horse's safety

as well as the general public's. Glad the pony made it home safely.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. I thought that was a good move.

In my city, there was a crazy spell where they were shooting the dogs when they broke into your house on police business. Didn't last long.

[RebelOne]

3. The GA cops are still doing this.

Last week, a man's Lab was shot because he barked at a cop. The man did nothing wrong. His security alarm went off and police responded. When they went in the back door, the dog barked and was shot.

[kayakjohnny]

4. Bunnell is a rural area not far from Daytona. People used to make fun of it 15 or so years ago

for being a bunch of hicks. It's actually a nice area on the way to many beautiful Florida places, and I'm not surprised the cops acted this way.

Flagler Beach on the Atlantic is close by and so is the St. John's River. It's not far from the Ocala National Forest.

All kinds of wonderful produce is harvested in the area. And it also has an old brick road out in the middle of nowhere that you can drive on for 11 miles. Part of the Old Dixie Highway....

[Kali]

5. that is so cool