There’s nothing like a Monday morning for a little story about horse thieves.
The always unknown morning trek of Cruiser 980 took me to I-70 in Independence on a call that started out as a stolen vehicle. When I got to the scene, and made contact via cell phone with Indy dispatchers, I quickly learned that this was much more than a stolen vehicle.
The story goes something like this.
Police get a report of a stolen truck with a horse trailer from a Motel 6 on Noland Road.
Police find the truck, apparently abandoned, not far from the motel.
Ellen and I’s best guess?
It was dark, so was the horse. Once these thieves realized what they had, they hit the pavement, leaving truck, trailer and horse safely behind.
As for the horse, you might say he had a long face.