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Sunday 5 November 2017

Woman Charged With a DUI…While Riding a Horse

They were both off the wagon!
A Florida woman was busted for DUI — because she was riding a horse wasted.

Cops say they found a disoriented Donna Byrne, 53, riding her horse in the city of Lakeland on Thursday afternoon while reeking of alcohol and sporting red, watery eyes, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s office.
When they got her down, they found her blood alcohol content was about twice the legal limit, police said.
“Ms. Byrne was obviously not in any condition to be on the road,” Sheriff Grady Judd said in a statement. “She not only put herself and the horse in danger, but also anyone who was driving on the road, which is typically very busy.”
In addition to the drunk “driving” rap, she was also hit with an animal neglect charge, police said.
Byrne’s horse, named Boduke, was carted off to the Polk County Sheriff’s Animal Control livestock facility, The Orlando Sentinel reported.
And it turns out, Byrne’s tipsy trotting arrest wasn’t her first rodeo — she has five previous felony charges and 10 prior misdemeanors, including cruelty to animals, drug possession and probation violation, police said.

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