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Stolen Horse International, Inc.
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DUSTY'S RECOVERY STORY...THIEF CAUGHT...MORE STOLEN HORSES RECOVERED -- AS TOLD BY THE OWNER
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DIDN'T
 HAVE A CLUE WHO I WAS AND TRIED TO HELP. YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WHO JUST WOULD EMAIL ME AND SAID SEND ME A PHOTO I AM GOING TO SALE I WILL WATCH FOR YOU. IT WAS UNREAL THE PHONES CALLS, EMAIL, ETC. I LOVE YOU ALL... YOU ARE GREAT PEOPLE. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID HORSE PEOPLE ARE THE BEST PEOPLE. TO ALL OF YOU A HEART FILLED THANK
YOU AND YOU WILL ALL BE IN MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS FOREVER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. HORSE CLUB SPRINGS TO ACTION NOW HERE'S WHAT HAPPEN TO START WITH I AM VICE PRESIDENT OF MT EDEN SADDLE CLUB. I CALLED AN EMERGENCY MEETING ON THE MONDAY NIGHT AFTER DUSTY WAS STOLEN, AND AROUND 15 MEMBERS SHOWED UP WHO WAS READY TO KICK SOME BUTT. WE HAD FLYERS MADE OF DUSTY PASSED THEM OUT TO ALL THE MEMBERS. THE MEMBERS IN THE CLUB WHERE GREAT
THE NEXT DAY ALL THE MEMBERS WENT TO WORK POSTING THE FLYERS IN ALL THE TACK SHOPS, FEED STORES, ALL SALE BARNS AND EVEN SENT THEM TO THE KILLERS. THEY WENT IN STATE BUILDINGS, POSTED IN ALL ELEVATORS AND ON OFFICE
WALLS...WAL-MART'S, BEAUTY SHOPS, AND GROCERY STORES TOO. WE PUT THEM ON PARKED CARS IN THE LOTS AND ALSO PUT ONE IN OUR CAR WINDOWS SO THAT NO MATTER WHERE WE WENT, SOMEONE WOULD SEE HIM. WE EMAILED HIM TO ANYONE AND EVERY ONE. SO KNOW LETS GO BACK
A LITTLE.
THE THEFTS OCCUR ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 22ND TWO TENNESSEE WALKING HORSES AND A HORSE TRAILER WERE STOLEN FROM A MAN IN BAGDAD KY WHICH IS CLOSE TO US, AROUND 20 MILES AWAY. ON TUESDAY NIGHT OCTOBER 23 THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS HAD 2 SADDLES STOLEN OUT OF THEIR BARN AND OF ALL THINGS, A CEMENT PUMPKIN OFF THE PORCH-GO FIGURE. ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 DUSTY WAS TAKEN AND ON THURSDAY NIGHT OCTOBER 25 ANOTHER BLACK TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE WAS TAKEN ABOUT 2 MILES DOWN THE ROAD.
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
NO ONE SAW ANYTHING, NOTHING. WE WALKED DOOR TO DOOR, ASKING QUESTIONS OF ALL NEIGHBORS. WELL, COME TO FIND OUT ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON A LADY NAMED NICOLE WAS GOING TO RIDE IN THE ARENA AND WAS TACKING UP HER HORSE. IN PULLS A BLACK FORD EXPEDITION WITH A NICE LADY ASKING IF ANY PONIES WAS FOR SALE. OF COURSE SHE SAID I DON'T KNOW I JUST RIDE HERE. THE LADY SAW DUSTY AND SAID, "I LIKE THIS HORSE."
SHE SEEMED STRANGE ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE, "ARE THE JACKSON'S HOME MUCH? DO THEY WORK?" WHEN SHE FINALLY DROVE AWAY NICOLE, KNOWING IT WAS STRANGE TRIED TO GET HER PLATE NUMBER AND MANAGED TO GET 3 NUMBERS.
TIP STARTS TO PAYS OFF
THAT WAS ENOUGH TO GET A NAME AND TO FIND OUT SHE LIVED WITH IN ONE MILE! THAT'S RIGHT 1 MILE. THAT INFO WAS GIVEN TO LOCAL POLICE AND THEY WENT TO QUESTION HER. WHEN THEY DID THEY GLANCED INTO HER CAR AND SAW -2 SADDLES, SEVERAL HALTERS AND LEAD LINES. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THEM SHE OF COURSE SAID SHE BOUGHT THEM. NOTHING THEY COULD DO RIGHT THEN SO THEY LET HER GO.
HORSE CLUB TAKES ACTION
THE SADDLE CLUB TOOK ACTION AND WENT ON A MISSION. THE MISSION PAID OFF... ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31HALLOWEEN, A LITTLE LADY WAS BUYING FEED FOR HER HORSES IN A LOCAL FEED STORE WHEN SHE SAW THE FLYER FOR DUSTY. SHE SAID SHE COULD NOT TAKE HER EYES OFF OF IT. SHE WAS BOARDING A FEW HORSES FOR A FRIEND AND SHE THOUGHT HE LOOKED LIKE ONE OF THE HORSES. SHE TOOK ONE OF THE POSTERS HOME WITH HER. SHE SAID NO DOUBT THAT IT WAS HIM.
SHE CALLED HER FRIEND AND ASK, "DO YOU REALIZE YOU HAVE A STOLEN HORSE?" HER FRIEND REPLIED, "NO NO NO I BOUGHT THAT
HORSE." SHE SAID WELL MAYBE SO BUT HE IS STOLEN AND YOU NEED TO CALL THIS NUMBER OR I WILL. SO .PJ GOT A PHONE CALL AND IT WAS FROM THE
LADY. THAT TOOK HIM .SHE SAID MEET ME AND FOLLOW ME I HAVE SOMETHING I THINK BELONGS TO YOU. SO THEY MEET IN LAWRENCBURG, KY, WHICH IS ABOUT ANOTHER 20 MILES AWAY, AND THEY WENT TO A REALLY REMOTE FARM WAY UP OFF THE ROAD. NEVER IN MILLION YEARS WOULD HAVE LOOKED FOR THERE. IT WAS HE!
DUSTY IS FOUND
THE LADY THAT OWNED THE FARM CAME OUT TO GREET PJ AND SAID YOU ARE GOING TO BE A HAPPY LADY. HE WALKED OUT FROM BEHIND THE BARN AND PJ CALLED HIS NAME. HE LOOKED UP AND TURNED HIS HEAD TO SAY OH MAMMA IS IT REALLY YOU? THE LADY THAT TOOK HIM BURST OUT IN TEARS AND SAID PLEASE FORGIVE ME...
AS PJ WAS HUGGING AND KISSING DUSTY SHE STARTED CALLING EVERYONE IN THE SADDLE CLUB AND SCREAMING, "HE IS COMING HOME TODAY." IT WAS GREAT.
MORE STOLEN HORSES
IN THE MEAN TIME ANOTHER HORSE WALKED OUT THAT FIT A DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF THE OTHER MISSING HORSES. SHE ASKED THE FARM OWNER IS THAT YOUR HORSE AND SHE REPLIED NO ITS HERS...SHE BROUGHT ME 4 OF HER HORSES BUT SHE HAS ALREADY SOLD 2 OF THEM. THESE 2 WHERE LEAVING TODAY GOING TO OKLAHOMA. SHE TOLD ME SHE BOUGHT THEM CHEAP AT A SALE AND WAS RESELLING THEM ON THE INTERNET FOR PROFIT.
THE MAN FROM OKLAHOMA PULLS IN WITH HIS NICE TRUCK AND TRAILER TO GET HIS TWO NEW HORSES. HE BOUGHT THEM BOTH FOR $450.00 EACH.... GREAT DEAL BEINGS DUSTY PURCHASE PRICE WAS $8000.00. BUT OF COURSE THIS LADY HAD NO PAPERS SO SHE SOLD AS GRADE HORSES. HE WAS FILLED IN ON WHAT WAS GOING ON AND BY NOW THE POLICE ARE THERE. SHE GAVE THEM THE NAME AND NUMBER OF PERSON SHE HAD ALREADY SOLD THE OTHER 2 HORSES TOO. THOSE PEOPLE WHERE CALLED AND ALERTED THEY HAD STOLEN HORSES NOT TO MOVE THEM UNTIL THEY COULD BE IDENTIFIED AND THEY AGREED. THE 2 OWNERS WENT AND LOW AND BE HOLD IT WAS THEM. SO THEY WHERE RECOVERED.
SHE HAD TAKEN MONEY FROM THEM AND THE OKLAHOMA MAN. HE HAD MAILED HALF OF HIS MONEY UP FRONT AND WAS TO PAY THE OTHER HALF ON PICK UP. HE AND THE OTHERS HAD TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST HER ALSO. NOW SHE HAD ALL THESE PEOPLE PRESSING
CHARGES. THE STOLEN SADDLES, HALTERS AND ROPES WERE RECOVERED.
THERAPEUTIC HORSE RECOVERED
THE LAST HORSE THAT WAS STOLEN BELONGED TO A MAN IN A WHEEL CHAIR AND HE RIDES THIS HORSE STRAPPED IN THE SADDLE. HE IS PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN... I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY LOW OF HER...THIS IS HIS ONLY ENJOYMENT AND THE ONLY HORSE HE HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO TRUST. HE HAS HIM BACK NOW.
REWARD
WE OFFERED A $1000.00 REWARD NO QUESTIONS ASK...BUT THE LITTLE LADY THAT OWNED THE FARM REFUSED TO TAKE THE MONEY. WHO KNOWS A FEW HOURS MORE AND DUSTY WOULD HAVE BEEN WESTWARD BOUND AND MAYBE NEVER FOUND. BUT THIS STORY HAS A HAPPY ENDING...
JAILBIRD
THE LADY IS NOW AND HAS BEEN IN JAIL SINCE OCTOBER 31ST. SHE IS UNDER A $15000.00 CASH BOND ONLY. MORE AND MORE SADDLES THAT SHE HAD TAKEN ARE NOW BEING RECOVERED BECAUSE THE WORD IS OUT AND PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT THEM FROM HER ARE CALLING THE LOCAL POLICE. I THANK WE ARE UP TO 5 SADDLES BEING RETURNED SO FAR... BUT SAD TO SAY----NO ONE HAS COME FORTH WITH THE STOLEN CONCRETE PUMPKIN (LOL) IT MAY ALWAYS REMAIN A MYSTERY!
IT JUST GOES TO SHOW IF EVERYONE WILL WORK TOGETHER AND BE WILLING TO GET
INVOLVED IN SOMEONE ELSE'S TROUBLES YOU MAY HAVE A HAPPY ENDING ALSO.
THE ONE THING THAT WE CANT FIGURE IS HOW SHE DONE IT ALONE!!!!! WE ALL AGREE----SHE DIDN'T------CAN'T PROVE THAT YET.
WELL THERE YA GO BY ALL MEANS WRITE IT UP AND POST IT AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND HELP.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FILL FREE TO EMAIL ME ANYTIME AND IF YOU NEED US TO HELP POST FLYERS HERE IN KENTUCKY BE GLAD TO ANYTIME.
OUR CLUB HAS A LITTLE NICK NAME NOW --THEY CALL US 1--800--HORSE-BUSTERS!!!!! (LOL)
THANKS AGAIN
SHARON
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