Two men arrested for allegedly shooting horse and ponyDec 12, 2005, 09:11 AM
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Two men have been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a horse and pony, whose body they then dragged for nearly two miles and dumped into a creek, authorities say.
Kevin Paul Bailey, 32, and Skeeter Joe Harmon, 26, both of Reagan, were arrested and face charges of theft of livestock over $500.
The two men were spotlighting deer Friday night when they were stopped by agents of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, according to Capt. Mike Murray, with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.
Celia Barrow, the pony and horse's owner, said she and her husband were told Friday night that their horses were loose but could not find them near their Reagan home.
"My husband went looking for them and stopped looking around 10 p.m.," she said. "My husband started looking early (Saturday) around 7 a.m. and met up with a game warden."
The agent took her husband to the creek where he identified the pony as his. The animal had been shot two to three times in the body and once in the head, Barrow said.
The couple's 10-year-old female Palomino horse was found dead later Saturday, shot numerous times, Barrow said.
"I just don't understand why (this happened)," she said.
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