April 3, 2007
NewsChannel 19's Jerry Hayes reports:
Think you've heard it all? Wait until you hear about this D.U.I. arrest. Saddle up, grab the reins and hold on for this story, partner.
Sylvania Police Officer Brad Gregg says he's heard of DUI's on four wheelers, but never a horse.
Did he say horse? Yep. It happened Saturday around midnight in Sylvania. Some people saw a woman riding a horse on Third Street.
They were afraid someone would hit her, so they called police. A Sylvania officer caught up with her on County Road 194.
That officer knew the rider. He told her to stop, but she wouldn't.
"She kept kicking the horse to get away from him, so he got back in his car and chased her another 50 yards," Officer Gregg said. "He pulled the patrol car in front of the horse. At that point, she rammed the horse into the car."
Once 40-year-old Melissa York decided to dismount, she got her foot caught in the stirrup and fell.
That's when the officer saw a bottle in her hand. Inside the bottle were crystal meth and other pills.
York is charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphenelia, driving under the influence of a controlled substance, resisting arrest, attempting to elude and cruelty to animals.
That's right. You can be charged with driving under the influence, even if you're on a horse.
Police impounded the horse but they didn't take it to the tow-in lot where they keep the cars.
A deputy took the animal home to nurse it back to health. They say it appears to have been neglected.
York bonded out of the Dekalb County Jail.
http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=6322060
NewsChannel 19's Jerry Hayes reports:
Think you've heard it all? Wait until you hear about this D.U.I. arrest. Saddle up, grab the reins and hold on for this story, partner.
Sylvania Police Officer Brad Gregg says he's heard of DUI's on four wheelers, but never a horse.
Did he say horse? Yep. It happened Saturday around midnight in Sylvania. Some people saw a woman riding a horse on Third Street.
They were afraid someone would hit her, so they called police. A Sylvania officer caught up with her on County Road 194.
That officer knew the rider. He told her to stop, but she wouldn't.
"She kept kicking the horse to get away from him, so he got back in his car and chased her another 50 yards," Officer Gregg said. "He pulled the patrol car in front of the horse. At that point, she rammed the horse into the car."
Once 40-year-old Melissa York decided to dismount, she got her foot caught in the stirrup and fell.
That's when the officer saw a bottle in her hand. Inside the bottle were crystal meth and other pills.
York is charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphenelia, driving under the influence of a controlled substance, resisting arrest, attempting to elude and cruelty to animals.
That's right. You can be charged with driving under the influence, even if you're on a horse.
Police impounded the horse but they didn't take it to the tow-in lot where they keep the cars.
A deputy took the animal home to nurse it back to health. They say it appears to have been neglected.
York bonded out of the Dekalb County Jail.
http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=6322060
