Man who rode horse while drunk gets time served
Posted: 01/10/2013
BUNNELL, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man accused of riding his horse while intoxicated during a police chase has changed his plea and was sentenced to time served.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/VKmkMq) reports 29-year-old Charles Larkin Cowart pleaded no contest Tuesday to obstructing an officer without violence and interfering with railroad tracks. He originally pleaded not guilty to the Sept. 24 ride through Bunnell, north of Orlando.
Circuit Judge David Walsh also sentenced Cowart to three years of probation. He had been held in the Flagler County Jail on $7,000 bail.
Police say Cowart told them he was on his way to this grandmother's house. He refused their request to get off the horse and took off. Eventually, the horse became exhausted and Cowart ran. He was arrested a short time later.
___
Information from: Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal, http://www.news-journalonline.com
Copyright Associated Press
PRINTMore Sports
-
David Beckham retiring from soccer
Thirty-eight-year-old David Beckham recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain. He has become a global superstar since starting his career at Manchester United.
-
Thunder's season ends in Game 5
Kevin Durant missed a 16-foot jumper from the left wing to tie it with 6 seconds left, finishing off a miserable shooting night for the three-time NBA scoring champion.
-
BIG AL: Durant trying to do it alone
Here we are with the defending NBA Western Conference champs on the ropes, down 3-1 in the best of 7 series with Memphis in the 2013 second round. Not what we expected when the regular season ended.
-
Thunder down 3-1 to Grizzlies
-
All 3 games won by 1 run
-
Game 4 Monday 8:30
-
Beat Norman North 5-1
-
Game 4 Monday in Memphis
Weird News
-
Suspects' 911 pocket dial leads to jail
Some people call it pocket dialing. Others call it butt dialing. Either way, an air of California men face criminal charges after they accidentally called 911.
-
Man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail
-
Fleeing man begs to be pulled from river
-
Woman spots her stolen car in drive-thru
-
Deer smashes through PA bus windshield
